deflate

[ dih-fleyt ]
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verb (used with object),de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.
  1. to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.

  2. to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash: Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me.

  1. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.

verb (used without object),de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.
  1. to become deflated.

Origin of deflate

1
1890–95; <Latin dēflātus blown off, away (past participle of dēflāre), equivalent to dē-de- + fl(āre) to blow + -ātus-ate1

Other words from deflate

  • de·fla·tor, noun
  • self-de·flat·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for deflate

deflate

/ (dɪˈfleɪt) /


verb
  1. to collapse or cause to collapse through the release of gas

  2. (tr) to take away the self-esteem or conceit from

  1. economics to cause deflation of (an economy, the money supply, etc)

Origin of deflate

1
C19: from de- + (in) flate

Derived forms of deflate

  • deflator, noun

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