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Deflate   /dɪflˈeɪt/   Listen
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.
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



... drifted over. By starting from the head of the island they could reach the shore opposite the down-stream end. The bobbing heads of the dignified old graybeards of the community looked most ludicrous. On landing they would solemnly don their clothes, deflate the skins, ...
— War in the Garden of Eden • Kermit Roosevelt



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