deflate
- Verb. (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink.
- Verb. (transitive) (economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become deflated.
- Verb. (transitive) To let down or disappoint.
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