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inflator

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[in-flayt-er] / ɪnˈfleɪt ər /

noun

  1. anything used to inflate objects, such as a device used to pump up air mattresses, tires, or water toys.

  2. a person who habitually inflates or exaggerates facts or amounts.


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Stellantis estimated in a statement Friday that the faulty inflator exists in “less than one percent of the recall population.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

The hearing also featured emotional testimony from Jacob Tarvis, whose mother, Marlene Beaudoin, died as a result of an exploding air bag inflator in 2021.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

GM says in documents that it was notified in March that an inflator exploded in a 2013 Camaro in Brazil in May of 2022.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

The person ”succumbed to a serious injury consistent with those observed in previous Takata inflator failures,” Stellantis said in a prepared statement Tuesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Municipal inflator preparing a coachman for an important public function.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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