Synonyms for deflate
dɪˈfleɪtde·flate

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1. deflateverb

   Antonyms:
   inflate

2. deflateverb

   Antonyms:
   inflate

3. deflateverb

   Antonyms:
   inflate

4. deflateverb

   Antonyms:
   inflate

5. deflateverb

   Antonyms:
   inflate

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1. deflateverb

   collapse by releasing contained air or gas

   "deflate a balloon"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

2. deflateverb

   release contained air or gas from

   "deflate the air mattress"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

3. deflate, punctureverb

   reduce or lessen the size or importance of

   "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

4. deflateverb

   produce deflation in

   "The new measures deflated the economy"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   blow up, inflate

5. deflateverb

   reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

   "deflate the currency"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

6. deflateverb

   become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air

   "The balloons deflated"

   Synonyms:
   puncture

   Antonyms:
   blow up, inflate

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Collapse
   • Decrease
   • Reduce
   • Release

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1. Cohenif Trump:

   What you do is, you deflate the value of the asset and then you put in a request to the tax department for a deduction, and would it help for the committee to obtain federal and state tax returns from the president and his company to address that discrepancy?

2. Arngrimur Hermannsson:

   We have a tire pressure system where tires can deflate while we drive, we need to do that to be able to go over soft snow.

3. Carolyn Brockington:

   Think of [the aneurysm] like a balloon coming off the wall of the artery. On the neck of the balloon they put a small clip in so blood can’t go into the aneurysm, which means the balloon will deflate, the more newer approach is an endovascular approach using an angiogram. They go into the balloon itself and fill the balloon with small coil so blood can’t go into the balloon, and therefore the aneurysm deflates.

4. Randy Frederick:

   You do have, potentially, speculators who are betting this bubble is going to deflate at some point.

5. Leticia Flores-Gonzalez:

   It was important doing something special for my girls because of the hard year we had during the coronavirus pandemic. I wanted them to feel like 2020 was another year spent with mom making beautiful memories, it was never with the purpose someone would find the balloon. I thought it would deflate and would just disappear somewhere in a tree nearby.