deflate
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- v collapse by releasing contained air or gas
deflate a balloon - v release contained air or gas from
deflate the air mattress - v reduce or lessen the size or importance of
The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence - v produce deflation in
The new measures deflated the economy - v reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
deflate the currency - v become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
The balloons deflated
- And Pentagon and intelligence officials hope the high voter turnout in last month's election will deflate the morale of the insurgents and persuade more of them to come in from the .
- A more palatable interpretation is that if the Fed is going to step in to prevent panics, it needs to do more to deflate the bubbles that inevitably precede those panics.
- These financial frenemies go on to suggest that our misguided habits are the root of this overblown "problem," discounting the economic forces that deflate women's earnings in the .