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inflator

American  
[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

In a statement, BMW blamed the ruptured inflator on a welding defect in manufacturing and said it is limited to a small lot of inflators.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

If the slag metal gets dislodged and blocks one the inflator, then pressure builds up, which in turn leads to rupture on impact.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 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 Seaman, Owen, Sir