Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

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

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1. deflateverb

   collapse by releasing contained air or gas

   "deflate a balloon"

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

   Synonyms:
   puncture

2. deflateverb

   release contained air or gas from

   "deflate the air mattress"

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

   Synonyms:
   puncture

3. deflate, punctureverb

   reduce or lessen the size or importance of

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

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

   Synonyms:
   puncture

4. deflateverb

   produce deflation in

   "The new measures deflated the economy"

   Antonyms:
   blow up, inflate

   Synonyms:
   puncture

5. deflateverb

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

   "deflate the currency"

   Antonyms:
   inflate, blow up

   Synonyms:
   puncture

6. deflateverb

   become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air

   "The balloons deflated"

   Antonyms:
   blow up, inflate

   Synonyms:
   puncture

How to use deflate in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Randy Frederick:

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

3. Steve King:

   If the House votes for amnesty, then it will deflate the base, and they'll feel betrayed, and they'll stay home, and that we could lose the majority over that, and if that happens, then it's almost a certainty that Democrats would impeach President Trump.

4. Adam Frankel:

   It is a safer environment to take on some of those more hot-button issues and deflate them, in the course of everyday speechwriting, there are opportunities to deliver lines here and there, but not opportunities for extended riffs and humor of this kind.

5. Chris Jarvis:

   With the worst of the bad news priced in following last weeks capitulation trade, a very shorted oil market has traders running for cover, we continue to believe the pressures that have created this downdraft for oil prices are beginning to deflate and subside. Aggressive short traders are now paying the price.

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