de·flate 
(dĭ-flāt)
(dĭ-flāt)v. de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing, de·flates
v.tr.
1.
a. To release contained air or gas from.
b. To collapse by releasing contained air or gas.
2. To reduce or lessen the size or importance of: Losing the contest deflated my ego.
3. Economics
a. To reduce the amount or availability of (currency or credit), effecting a decline in prices.
b. To produce deflation in (an economy).
v.intr.
To be or become deflated: The balloon deflated slowly.
[DE- + (IN)FLATE.]
de·flator n.
- German Democratic Republic
- germander
- germane
- German East Africa
- germanely
- Germania
- Germanic
- Germanism
- Germanist
- germanium
- Germanization
- Germanize
- German measles
- Germanophile
- Germanophobe
- Germanophobia
- German shepherd
- German shorthaired pointer
- German silver
- German Southwest Africa
- Germantown
- Germany
- germ cell
- germfree
- germicidal