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deflation

English

  1. 🔊 the act of letting the air out of something
  2. 🔊 a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
  3. 🔊 (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
    “a constant deflation of the desert landscape”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 deflactación deflation

Similar words

abasement abatement abridgment alleviation attenuation break breakdown cave-in cheapening collapse comedown contraction crash cropper cut dampening damping debasement decline decrease decrement decrescence deduction depreciation