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deflate

English

  1. 🔊 become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
    “The balloons deflated”
  2. 🔊 reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
    “deflate the currency”
  3. 🔊 produce deflation in
    “The new measures deflated the economy”
  4. 🔊 reduce or lessen the size or importance of
    “The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence”
  5. 🔊 release contained air or gas from
    “deflate the air mattress”
  6. 🔊 collapse by releasing contained air or gas
    “deflate a balloon”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 deflactar to deflate
  2. 🔊 deshinchar to deflate
  3. 🔊 desinflar to deflate

Similar words

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