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Synonyms and Antonyms of deflates
- We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating.
- Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave.
clears, evacuates, exhausts, vacates, vacuates, voids
bleeds, drafts, draws (off), pumps, siphons (also syphons), taps
bores, drills, holes, perforates, pierces, punches, punctures, riddles
burrows (into), excavates, gouges, grooves, hollows
breaks, cuts, gashes, notches, rends, ruptures, slashes, slits, splits
compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts, shrinks
capsules, capsulizes, compacts, constringes, narrows (down), squeezes, telescopes
- The excess supply deflated prices.
- The company's stock has deflated.
crashes, craters, declines, descends, dips, dives, drops, falls, lowers, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumbles
attenuates, breaks, cheapens, depreciates, depresses, devaluates, devalues, downgrades, marks down, reduces, writes down, writes off
abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanes
- Her cutting remark deflated his ego.
- The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution.
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