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deflate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | puncture |
| Type of | depreciate, deprecate, vilipend |
| Derivation | deflator |
The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence.
deflate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | collapse |
| Derivation | deflation |
deflate a balloon.
Examples of deflate
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If we don't go out and win every match right away, we can't let that deflate us.
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Eventually the massive centrifugal forces on the rear tyre caused it to deflate.
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It is an airy concoction of optimistic premises that could deflate at any time.
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Slice a cucumber and put a slice over each eye to deflate puffy eyes, she said.
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The tech bubble began to deflate, however, taking investors'enthusiasm with it.
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Except that the parliament's excess of zeal did much to deflate the big occasion.
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Do not deflate the dough any more than necessary as you spread it to fill the pan.
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At exhalation the lungs deflate and the diaphragm arches upward as it relaxes.
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After nearly dropping Williams in the 11th round, Margarito seemed to deflate.
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- Collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
- Reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- Produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
- Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
- Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
- (deflated) chapfallen: brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
- Deflate is a lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. It was originally defined by Phil Katz for version 2 of his PKZIP archiving tool, and was later specified in RFC 1951.
- (Deflating) In computer science, in the context of data storage and transmission, serialization is the process of converting a data structure or object into a sequence of bits so that it can be stored in a file or memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link to be "resurrected" ...
- (Deflation (2001 film)) Deflation (2001) is a micro-budget short film, written and directed by Roger Ashton-Griffiths. It stars Del Synnott, features Keira Knightley, who also worked as part of the crew, and Sharman Macdonald, her mother, who co-edited
