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deflate

[ dih-fleyt ]

verb (used with object)

deflated, deflating.
  1. to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):

    They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.

  2. to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash:

    Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me.

  3. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.


verb (used without object)

deflated, deflating.
  1. to become deflated.

deflate

/ 诲瑟藞蹿濒别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to collapse or cause to collapse through the release of gas
  2. tr to take away the self-esteem or conceit from
  3. economics to cause deflation of (an economy, the money supply, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别藞蹿濒补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路蹿濒补顎僼辞谤 noun
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-诲别路蹿濒补迟顎侥诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deflate1

1890鈥95; < Latin 诲脓蹿濒腻迟耻蝉 blown off, away (past participle of 诲脓蹿濒腻谤别 ), equivalent to 诲脓- de- + fl ( 腻谤别 ) to blow + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deflate1

C19: from de- + ( in ) flate
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This allows her heart to deflate, allowing the "very tricky" procedure to detach part of her heart - the right ventricular outflow tract - and the pulmonary artery from where it has stuck to her skin.

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The tariffs and in-kind retaliation from other countries would undoubtedly hurt California, from new surcharges on almond exports to deflating Silicon Valley tech stocks.

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Both teams were understandably deflated in the aftermath, but they remained grateful for their journeys to national championship 亚洲网紅露点.

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An early opinion poll appears to show the French public taking a calm line, bursting 鈥 or at least deflating 鈥 the RN's bubble of outrage.

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Anthony Wills runs the Kilchoman distillery on the island of Islay and says he feels "deflated" at the prospect of tariffs.

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