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Deflate
/dɪflˈeɪt/
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Deflate
verb
1.
Collapse by releasing contained air or gas.
2.
Release contained air or gas from.
3.
Reduce or lessen the size or importance of.
Synonym:
puncture
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4.
Produce deflation in.
5.
Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices.
6.
Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.
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"Deflate" Quotes from Famous Books
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&c. (restrain) 751; render averse &c. 603; repel; turn aside &c. (deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag &c. (hinder) 706; throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate &c. 766. disenchant, ,disillusion,
deflate
, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble; disabuse (correction) 527a. Adj. dissuading &c. v.; dissuasive; dehortatory[obs3], expostulatory[obs3]; monitive|, monitory. dissuaded
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