deflate

deflate is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reduce from an inflated condition. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To reduce from an inflated condition.
2. verb. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air

   "The balloons deflated"

3. verb. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

   "deflate the currency"

4. verb. produce deflation in

   "The new measures deflated the economy"

5. verb. reduce or lessen the size or importance of

   "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

   Synonyms: puncture

6. verb. release contained air or gas from

   "deflate the air mattress"

7. verb. collapse by releasing contained air or gas

   "deflate a balloon"

Synonyms

puncture

Common word forms

deflated, deflater, deflates, deflating

Words from these letters

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