Deflate

Synonyms for "deflate" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

abridge attenuatebeat downbelieblow sky-highblow upbreak cavecave incheapen collapse compress curtail cutcut backcut downcut pricesdamp dampen decline

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decrease

Noun(3 words)

anticlimaxescompression methoddata compression

Strong matches (35)

deduct depreciate depress devaluate diminish disarm disconfirm discredit disgrace disprove dive downgrade embarrass enchain explode expose fallfall infall in pricefold

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fold upgaggive wayhamstring handcuff hobble

Verb(3 words)

deflatingdepress pricesdepresses

Adjective(2 words)

depressing disillusioned

Noun(4 words)

depressurize devalue diminish evacuate

Related words (58)

hog tiehog-tie humble humiliate implode invalidatejew downknock outlessenlet downlour lower manaclemark downmortify muzzle negate negativenose divenose-dive

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paralyze pare plummet plunge prostrateprove the contrarypunctureput output to shamereduce retrenchroll backsagscale downshame shave shortenshow upsilence simplify slash slumpstep downstrangle taketake fromthrottle trim trusstruss uptune downundercut wither

Verb(3 words)

humbles puncture shriveled

Noun(2 words)

undermine vent

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More general

26 entries

algorithm alterbring downchange collapse compression cutcut backcut downdata compressiondecrease deprecate depreciate diminish diminution fall

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More specific

7 entries

degassing depress evacuationgzip deflateundercutzip deflatezlib deflate

Collocations

11 entries

deflate algorithmdeflate balloondeflate compressiondeflate expectationsdeflate methoddeflate moraledeflate pressuredeflate streamdeflate tiregzip deflatezlib deflate

Inflections

3 entries

deflated deflates deflating

Derivations

3 entries

deflation deflationary deflator

Antonyms

1 entries

inflate

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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How do you deflate this vest?

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How do you deflate this floaty?

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Your incisive criticism will deflate a lot of egos.

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We'd like to invite you to apply to our world-class university so we can artificially deflate our acceptance rate.

Source: tatoeba (10504417)

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