de|flate

de|flate
de|flate «dih FLAYT», verb, -flat|ed, -flat|ing.
–v.t.
1. to let air or gas out of (a balloon, tire, football, or other inflated thing); collapse: »

We found that a nail had deflated the tire.

2. Figurative. to reduce the amount, size, or importance of; reduce: »

to deflate currency, deflate prices. The cities were to be deflated and the population distributed in villages (Edmund Wilson).

3. to injure or destroy the conceit or confidence of: »

Our laughter soon deflated him.

–v.i.
1. to become deflated: »

A punctured tire quickly deflates.

2. to reduce the amount of available money in circulation; cause deflation: »

The Chancellor…wanted to deflate—to take spending money out of the economy (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

╂[probably < de- do the opposite of + (in) flate]

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