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deflate

v.
US //dɪˈfɫeɪt// UK //diːflˈeɪt// de·flate Slang
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From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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