Hyperinflate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To inflate excessively. transitive

    "Wishing for unlimited money would hyperinflate the market and make your money useless."

  2. 2
    To be inflated excessively. intransitive

    "As the chest wall and lungs hyperinflate, they progressively resist further inflation by virtue of their elastic recoil characteristics."

  3. 3
    To subject to hyperinflation. transitive

    "Both economies recklessly decide to hyperinflate their currencies."

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"Wishing for unlimited money would hyperinflate the market and make your money useless."

Etymology

From hyper- + inflate.

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