verb🔗ShareTo remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre"The child was deflating her beach ball after playing in the water. "vehicleactionphysicsmachineenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink"The hot air balloon began to deflate as the sun went down. "physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices."The central bank is deflating the economy by raising interest rates. "economyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become deflated."The balloon was slowly deflating, so it fell to the ground. "physicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo let down or disappoint."His low grade on the test was deflating after he studied so hard. "emotioncharacterattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo compress (data) according to a particular algorithm."The software is deflating the large image file to make it easier to send by email. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
