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Definition of deflate in English: deflateverb dɪˈfleɪtdəˈfleɪt [with object]1Let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object) he deflated one of the tyres Example sentencesExamples - The instructor pulled out the heat-escape panel at the top of the balloon to deflate it.
- Armed officers, who were lying in wait for the would-be raiders, disabled their van using Hatton rounds - bullets designed to deflate tyres with minimum damage.
- Stranded in the paddy field mud of the Winton track, Ambrose amazed fans by deflating his rear tyres to drive himself out of the bog and back into the race - but only after missing some 20 laps of the race.
- Despite all four tyres being deflated, Marx continued until his car slid off the road.
- It took police one and a half hours to extract the lorry by deflating its tyres.
- That was his worst result for two years, but the 42 points Ambrose grabbed when he deflated his rear tyres and drove out of the bog could end up being crucial at season's end.
- This design actually had advantages over later designs, as it would take more than one puncture to deflate the whole tyre.
- Residents ran forth to meet the balloon, as the occupants deflated the balloon and descended from it.
- They are investigating the theory that the murderer may have deliberately deflated the tyre so that the mechanic would have to stay alone to fix it, giving the killer the chance to strike after everyone else had gone home.
- Mr Fournier will spend around three hours ascending in an enclosed lightweight gondola before deflating the balloon and parachuting back to earth in six minutes and 25 seconds.
- The farmer, a prominent opposition supporter, fled his Marondera homestead when youths attacked his car with clubs and iron bars and tried to deflate the tyres on Friday.
- Just before we land, he pulls the rip cord, which opens the top of the balloon and deflates it behind us.
- The balloon is then deflated and removed, and the artery remains open.
- After treatment is completed, the balloon is deflated and the catheter is withdrawn and discarded.
- The rear passenger tyre was deflated, which might have been caused by the accident.
- When the talks broke down the angry workers barricaded senior management in their offices, deflated their car tyres and disconnected water to the city.
- The protesters deflated tyres of company buses at Devaiah Park, Rajajinagar and other parts of the City.
- After using the stinger to deflate all four tyres, we arrested one male in the car but the other two ran away.
- The front tyre was deflated and the wheel was buckled and pushed back.
- Three of the nursing director's car tyres were also deflated at the weekend and a wing mirror was broken off another staff member's car.
Synonyms let down, empty the air out of, collapse, flatten, void puncture - 1.1no object Be emptied of air or gas.
Example sentencesExamples - ‘You can think of a magma chamber as a balloon inflating and deflating,’ says Pritchard.
- His burial shroud deflates as he rises and walks off to the sound of martial drums.
- Over time implants rupture or deflate, requiring additional surgeries.
- Eight balloons were still inflated and three had deflated.
- The AAIB report says the balloon deflated over the wires.
- The normally stable alveoli that change volume minimally during ventilation become unstable inflating and deflating with each breath, similar to a balloon.
- And as if by magic, all the balloons immediately drooped, deflated.
- Shapiro and colleagues present a case illustrating this problem and provide a review of the literature about managing retained Foley catheters caused by balloons that will not deflate.
- The seat is fitted with a number of air cushions, which inflate or deflate automatically to adjust to the current driving situation.
- As the bouncy castle's palm tree began to deflate, the crowds returned to their offices with a faint whiff of mint lingering in the air.
- Better-engineered spigots prevent air from entering the bag when you fill your glass - the bag deflates like a balloon - so the wine stays fresh.
- The fury of the wind and water caused his shirt to billow - to inflate and deflate like a balloon.
- Early flights were brief because the balloons quickly deflated.
- His cheeks deflated, like a balloon losing air.
- Because the only other explanation is that the third balloon appeared there recently, deflated like the others, faded like the others, and caught in the same cluster of branches.
- The balloons tied to the gatepost are slowly deflating, but have yet to be removed.
- If you've ever noticed how quickly a helium filled balloon deflates overnight you'll understand the effect of tiny molecules stored under pressure in leaky containers.
- The balloon deflated over the wires resulting in a short circuit to the electricity supply.
Synonyms go down, collapse, shrink, contract, flatten
2Make (someone) suddenly lose confidence or feel dispirited. Example sentencesExamples - A great shot, magnificently saved, which deflated the English crowd.
- Somehow, hearing the understanding in his voice seemed to deflate her.
- Deanna's calmness had completely deflated me by now.
- He's a confident character; nothing seems to deflate him.
- When you are being a flaming jerk and your friend, who knows this, gives you ‘the look,’ it deflates you just a little bit.
- It completely deflated the woman, who went to trim her magnolias.
- It was a nice gesture - because after the Lord's Test we were too deflated to do the same.
- I was deflated a bit and things suddenly seemed really awkward.
- Michael was deflated when he saw the ashamed look on his father's face.
- It was a stunning loss because one moment it seemed as if we had it won - then, bang, we were deflated.
- It's odd that that should deflate me the way it does.
- He was totally deflated by this remark and conceded defeat.
- But the futility of such a debate deflates me before I start.
- Her unexpected acquiescence completely deflated him.
- ‘When Derby County pipped us to the title one year, we were so deflated,’ he recalls.
- Each learned in her own way how to confront her husband about his shortcomings, limitations, or failures without compounding them or deflating him.
- She was deflated when the person on the other line told her that Kiefer was not in.
Synonyms subdue, humble, cow, humiliate, mortify, chasten, chagrin, dispirit, dismay, discourage, dishearten squash, crush, flatten, bring down, bring low, take down a peg or two, take the wind out of someone's sails informal cut down to size, knock the stuffing out of, put down - 2.1 Reduce the level of (an emotion or feeling)
Example sentencesExamples - Complaining deflates morale, makes you look weak, and creates an environment that breeds negativity like a contagion.
- My pride is instantly deflated and I feel insulted, but I continue because my drive is not financial.
- For male pride, I am glad to say I caught the most - 96 carp, but my ego is deflated when admitting that the weight was less, 17061b.
- Their armed forces were crippled and the country's morale was vastly deflated.
- Getting where they're coming from will probably deflate your anger, so you'll have a better chance of expressing yourself in a way that lets them truly hear you.
3Economics
Bring about a general reduction of price levels in (an economy) the budget deflated the economy no object the government deflated sharply in 1964 Example sentencesExamples - In return for a bail-out of the currency, it would deflate the economy, impose a statutory incomes policy, and maintain a military presence East of Suez.
- After Wall Street crashed in 1929, prices in general deflated.
- It is clear that the propensity of an economy to deflate is in direct proportion to the degree of protectionism it historically maintained.
- Well, could inflation soon deflate the economy?
- Mr Geraghty argues that pay cuts will only deflate the economy further at a time when it needs an increase in consumer spending power to give it a further boost.
Synonyms reduce, slow down, make less active, diminish, lessen, lower devalue, depreciate, depress
Derivatives noun dɪˈfleɪtədəˈfleɪdər The GDP deflator, an overall price index, fell 3.5 percent from a year earlier, the sharpest ever drop, adding to the deflationary problems dominating the Japanese economy. Example sentencesExamples - This means that the real wage deflators applied to nominal local wages can be very much dependent on the particular time period chosen.
- Similarly the yearly rate of growth of the personal consumption price deflator jumped to 2.5% in May from 1.5% in February.
- The GDP deflator, a key inflation gauge, rose 1.0% in the third quarter in the fourth quarter, down from the 1.6% growth in the preceding quarter.
- Even the statistical sleight-of-hand that constitutes the current measure of consumer price inflation is at a nine-year high and the GDP implicit price deflator is at a five-year peak.
Origin Late 19th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + -flate (as in inflate). inflate from Late Middle English: The Latin verb flare ‘to blow’ is the base of inflate, which literally means ‘blow into’. Deflate (mid 19th century) is its opposite.
Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of deflate in US English: deflateverbdəˈfleɪtdəˈflāt 1with object Let air or gas out of (a tire, balloon, or similar object) he deflated one of the tires Example sentencesExamples - Three of the nursing director's car tyres were also deflated at the weekend and a wing mirror was broken off another staff member's car.
- After using the stinger to deflate all four tyres, we arrested one male in the car but the other two ran away.
- After treatment is completed, the balloon is deflated and the catheter is withdrawn and discarded.
- Stranded in the paddy field mud of the Winton track, Ambrose amazed fans by deflating his rear tyres to drive himself out of the bog and back into the race - but only after missing some 20 laps of the race.
- This design actually had advantages over later designs, as it would take more than one puncture to deflate the whole tyre.
- That was his worst result for two years, but the 42 points Ambrose grabbed when he deflated his rear tyres and drove out of the bog could end up being crucial at season's end.
- It took police one and a half hours to extract the lorry by deflating its tyres.
- The rear passenger tyre was deflated, which might have been caused by the accident.
- Residents ran forth to meet the balloon, as the occupants deflated the balloon and descended from it.
- Armed officers, who were lying in wait for the would-be raiders, disabled their van using Hatton rounds - bullets designed to deflate tyres with minimum damage.
- The farmer, a prominent opposition supporter, fled his Marondera homestead when youths attacked his car with clubs and iron bars and tried to deflate the tyres on Friday.
- The protesters deflated tyres of company buses at Devaiah Park, Rajajinagar and other parts of the City.
- Just before we land, he pulls the rip cord, which opens the top of the balloon and deflates it behind us.
- Despite all four tyres being deflated, Marx continued until his car slid off the road.
- They are investigating the theory that the murderer may have deliberately deflated the tyre so that the mechanic would have to stay alone to fix it, giving the killer the chance to strike after everyone else had gone home.
- The balloon is then deflated and removed, and the artery remains open.
- Mr Fournier will spend around three hours ascending in an enclosed lightweight gondola before deflating the balloon and parachuting back to earth in six minutes and 25 seconds.
- When the talks broke down the angry workers barricaded senior management in their offices, deflated their car tyres and disconnected water to the city.
- The instructor pulled out the heat-escape panel at the top of the balloon to deflate it.
- The front tyre was deflated and the wheel was buckled and pushed back.
Synonyms let down, empty the air out of, collapse, flatten, void - 1.1no object Be emptied of air or gas.
Example sentencesExamples - The balloon deflated over the wires resulting in a short circuit to the electricity supply.
- Because the only other explanation is that the third balloon appeared there recently, deflated like the others, faded like the others, and caught in the same cluster of branches.
- Shapiro and colleagues present a case illustrating this problem and provide a review of the literature about managing retained Foley catheters caused by balloons that will not deflate.
- The AAIB report says the balloon deflated over the wires.
- ‘You can think of a magma chamber as a balloon inflating and deflating,’ says Pritchard.
- The fury of the wind and water caused his shirt to billow - to inflate and deflate like a balloon.
- If you've ever noticed how quickly a helium filled balloon deflates overnight you'll understand the effect of tiny molecules stored under pressure in leaky containers.
- And as if by magic, all the balloons immediately drooped, deflated.
- His burial shroud deflates as he rises and walks off to the sound of martial drums.
- Eight balloons were still inflated and three had deflated.
- The normally stable alveoli that change volume minimally during ventilation become unstable inflating and deflating with each breath, similar to a balloon.
- The balloons tied to the gatepost are slowly deflating, but have yet to be removed.
- Better-engineered spigots prevent air from entering the bag when you fill your glass - the bag deflates like a balloon - so the wine stays fresh.
- As the bouncy castle's palm tree began to deflate, the crowds returned to their offices with a faint whiff of mint lingering in the air.
- Over time implants rupture or deflate, requiring additional surgeries.
- The seat is fitted with a number of air cushions, which inflate or deflate automatically to adjust to the current driving situation.
- Early flights were brief because the balloons quickly deflated.
- His cheeks deflated, like a balloon losing air.
Synonyms go down, collapse, shrink, contract, flatten
2Cause (someone) to suddenly lose confidence or feel less important. Example sentencesExamples - Her unexpected acquiescence completely deflated him.
- It was a stunning loss because one moment it seemed as if we had it won - then, bang, we were deflated.
- She was deflated when the person on the other line told her that Kiefer was not in.
- It's odd that that should deflate me the way it does.
- A great shot, magnificently saved, which deflated the English crowd.
- When you are being a flaming jerk and your friend, who knows this, gives you ‘the look,’ it deflates you just a little bit.
- Each learned in her own way how to confront her husband about his shortcomings, limitations, or failures without compounding them or deflating him.
- He was totally deflated by this remark and conceded defeat.
- It completely deflated the woman, who went to trim her magnolias.
- It was a nice gesture - because after the Lord's Test we were too deflated to do the same.
- He's a confident character; nothing seems to deflate him.
- I was deflated a bit and things suddenly seemed really awkward.
- But the futility of such a debate deflates me before I start.
- Somehow, hearing the understanding in his voice seemed to deflate her.
- Michael was deflated when he saw the ashamed look on his father's face.
- ‘When Derby County pipped us to the title one year, we were so deflated,’ he recalls.
- Deanna's calmness had completely deflated me by now.
Synonyms subdue, humble, cow, humiliate, mortify, chasten, chagrin, dispirit, dismay, discourage, dishearten - 2.1 Reduce the level of (an emotion or feeling)
Example sentencesExamples - My pride is instantly deflated and I feel insulted, but I continue because my drive is not financial.
- For male pride, I am glad to say I caught the most - 96 carp, but my ego is deflated when admitting that the weight was less, 17061b.
- Their armed forces were crippled and the country's morale was vastly deflated.
- Complaining deflates morale, makes you look weak, and creates an environment that breeds negativity like a contagion.
- Getting where they're coming from will probably deflate your anger, so you'll have a better chance of expressing yourself in a way that lets them truly hear you.
3Economics
Bring about a general reduction of price levels in (an economy). Example sentencesExamples - Well, could inflation soon deflate the economy?
- It is clear that the propensity of an economy to deflate is in direct proportion to the degree of protectionism it historically maintained.
- Mr Geraghty argues that pay cuts will only deflate the economy further at a time when it needs an increase in consumer spending power to give it a further boost.
- In return for a bail-out of the currency, it would deflate the economy, impose a statutory incomes policy, and maintain a military presence East of Suez.
- After Wall Street crashed in 1929, prices in general deflated.
Synonyms reduce, slow down, make less active, diminish, lessen, lower
Origin Late 19th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + -flate (as in inflate). |