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Deflate

verb

Collapse by releasing contained air or gas.

Release contained air or gas from.

Reduce or lessen the size or importance of. Synonym: puncture.

Produce deflation in.

Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices.

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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