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deflatingverbpresent participle of deflate to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contentsWe kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating. collapsing, contracting, flattening, shrinkingcompressing, condensing, constrictingshriveling(or shrivelling), wilting, witheringdrying up, mummifying, wizeningdripping, leaking, oozing, seeping, tricklingabating, decreasing, diminishing, dwindling, lesseningreceding, retreating, withdrawing ballooning, inflating, puffing (up)blowing up, bulking, distendingdilatingexpanding, snowballing, swellingaccumulating, growing, increasingmushrooming to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contentsPlease deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave. draining, emptyingcollapsing, flatteningclearing, evacuating, exhausting, vacating, vacuating, voidingbleeding, drafting, drawing (off), pumping, siphoning(also syphoning), tappingmilkingsuckingdecanting, effusingdepletingcleaning, flushing, purgingboring, drilling, holing, perforating, piercing, punching, puncturing, riddlingbroachingpoking, pricking, pricklingpenetratingburrowing (into), excavating, gouging, grooving, hollowingbreaking, cutting, gashing, notching, rending, rupturing, slashing, slitting, splittingcompressing, condensing, constricting, contracting, shrinkingcapsuling, capsulizing, compacting, constringing, narrowing (down), squeezing, telescoping fillingblowing up, dilating, distending, inflating, swellingpatching, plugging, sealing to make or become lower in amount or valueThe excess supply deflated prices. The company's stock has deflated. crashing, cratering, declining, descending, dipping, diving, dropping, falling, lowering, nose-diving, plummeting, plunging, sinking, skidding, tumblingattenuating, breaking, cheapening, depreciating, depressing, devaluating, devaluing, downgrading, marking down, reducing, writing down, writing offabating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, drooping, dwindling, dying (down), ebbing, lessening, letting up, moderating, subsiding, tapering off, waningreceding, retreatingdebasing, demonetizingunderestimating, underpricing, underrating, undervaluing accumulating, ballooning, building, burgeoning(also bourgeoning), enlarging, escalating, expanding, growing, increasing, intensifying, mushrooming, picking up, snowballing, swelling, waxingarising, ascending, lifting, mounting, rising, soaring, spiking, uppingappreciating, enhancing, marking up, upgrading to cause to lose force or effectivenessHer cutting remark deflated his ego. The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution. throwing cold water ondebilitating, enfeebling, undermining, weakeningdampening, damping, deadeningchilling, daunting, demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, frustrating, unmanning, unnervingbrowbeating, bullying, cowing, intimidatingdepressing, saddening, weighingafflicting, tryingdistressing, troublingbothering, irking, vexing, worryingfrightening, horrifying, scaring enforcing, fortifying, reinforcing(also reenforcing), strengtheningemboldening, encouraging, heartening, nerving, steelinganimating, enlivening, invigoratingbuoying (up), cheering, gladdeningassuring, boosting, energizing, exciting, galvanizing, inspiring, lifting, provoking, quickening, rallying, reassuring, stimulatingstirring |