deflate
verb (used with object)
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon).
has deflated
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present perfectof deflate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But also many residents have dug thousands of illegal wells to search for clean water, which has deflated the marshes under the city.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
The instability, not to mention an economy recalibrating to a new existence without the billions of NGO, embassy and contractor cash, has deflated Kabul’s rhythm; markets are still open, but many high-end shops are closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
Goodyear has deflated the last of its fabled fleet of blimps.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
Along with oil, stocks and steel, China's roiling economic slowdown has deflated the buoyancy of another sector: the Asian Art market.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2016
God, heaven, politics, philosophies, ambition, love—Mr. Darrow has deflated them time and again—charging from $1 to $2 a seat for the spectacle.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht
