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[ dih-fleyt ] / dɪˈfleɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deflate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.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. to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash: Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation. verb (used without object), de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.Origin of deflate1890–95; <Latin dēflātus blown off, away (past participle of dēflāre), equivalent to dē-de- + fl(āre) to blow + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM deflatede·fla·tor, nounself-de·flat·ed, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deflatePapers sent reporters along the old Route 66 in search of the deflated American dream. Is There a Ma Joad for the Piketty Era?|Katie Baker|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Gore stood up to challenge Bush in this 2000 debate, but got flummoxed and deflated by a simple nod. Presidential Debate Wins and Fails: Reagan, Gore, Bush & More (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST But if Strauss-Kahn's case is dismissed, or deflated to a misdemeanor, the question will be how thick that line is, in fact. Can DSK Still Be French President?|Tracy McNicoll|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST And numbed out, having escaped death on 9/11, notes the World Trade Center “towers collapsing like a deflated carnival castle.” Best New Writers|Oscar Villalon|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This was never a bubble that was going to pop, it was a balloon that has now deflated. The Art World's Hot Investment|James Wilentz|December 13, 2008|DAILY BEAST After two more short flights she was deflated at the end of August, and the career of the Nulli Secundus was ended. The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh. They lay flat and deflated, but laid out in one assembly beside a starveling twisted bush. The Invaders|William Fitzgerald Jenkins He lay sprawled in the ash, a pitifully small limp bundle in a deflated suit. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton They deflated and folded their safety suits and added the bundles to the other equipment on their backs. Operation Lorelie|William P. Salton While Jim Tracy had been speaking Joe had deflated his lungs, and now he took a full, long and deep breath. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish|Vance Barnum
British Dictionary definitions for deflate
verbto collapse or cause to collapse through the release of gas (tr) to take away the self-esteem or conceit from economics to cause deflation of (an economy, the money supply, etc) Derived forms of deflatedeflator, nounWord Origin for deflateC19: from de- + (in) flate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to deflatedepress, exhaust, diminish, disconcert, mortify, collapse, void, squash, devalue, decrease, depreciate, puncture, shrink, empty, flatten, dash, debunk, humble, chasten, dispirit |