deflate
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- To become deflated.
- To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- To belch or flatulate
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