deflate.
To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
Meaning & usage
To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
To become deflated.
To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
deflate someone's ego
To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
To belch or flatulate
Where this word comes from
From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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