deflating

Variant of deflate

transitive verb, intransitive verb deflated, deflating

  1. to collapse by letting out air or gas: to deflate a tire
  2. to make or become smaller or less important
  3. to cause deflation of (currency, prices, etc.)

Origin: de- + (in)flate

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