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Meanings of deflate in English
Synonyms
Examples for "inflate"
Examples for "inflate"
1
One recent post considered the way studios inflate their opening weekend figures.
2
This is expected to inflate gross domestic product in their oil sectors.
3
In so doing they helped inflate the bubble economy to grotesque proportions.
4
The figure includes leverage, or borrowed money, which can inflate the figure.
5
I really am trying not to inflate their egos, but it's difficult.
1
She was the first girl, woman, who was able to tolerate Miles' in- flated egoand his constant need for emotional gratification.
2
Enterprise, flating HQ of the 1st Brigade, the Brigade's members worry about the boys and wait for some word on their fate.
Usage of deflate in English
1
Not quite understanding what he meant, I could feel my excitement deflate.
2
Nutrients are used to recondition the lungs as they inflate and deflate.
3
Bush seems to deflate as the conversation swirls this way and that.
4
Typically fishermen will deflate swollen fish by puncturing them with a needle.
5
The picture's baffling swerves do nothing to deflate its final emotional payoff.
6
Nothing can deflate a joke faster than the threat of a lawsuit.
7
We're going to slice it up and then remote-deflate the buoys underneath.
8
Oh, Flitwick glanced up at James and seemed to deflate a bit.
9
She issued a command that allowed the glider's body to deflate.
10
It took a goal against 10 men finally to deflate Claudio Ranieri's side.
11
Then, he seemed to deflate; his shoulders dropped with his voice.
12
And just as big crowds generate big crowds, smaller turnouts deflate future interest.
13
There's something perversely amusing about seeing you deflate a man's ego.
14
Now that Gale has drifted away on the painkiller, everyone seems to deflate.
15
Gavriel seemed to deflate, and Rowan guided him toward another door.
16
But getting my ass kicked every time does deflate my ego.
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Translations for deflate
Russian
Portuguese
Catalan
Deflate through the time
Deflate across language varieties
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