deflated

Example Sentences

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His teammates, fans at the stadium and millions at home watching the national broadcast were left stunned as Hamlin was administered CPR, defibrillated and transported by ambulance to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

At a frantic, slightly wild Etihad Stadium Manchester City defibrillated their own hopes of retaining the title with a 2-1 defeat of Liverpool that was by turns fearful, fretful and often funny.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2019

They defibrillated her with electric shocks, injected epinephrine and succeeded in reviving her.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2017

Being defibrillated is like swallowing an angry, stubborn mule.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2012

In the process it defibrillated the staid documentary tradition: here were startling images, abrupt juxtapositions, the violent voyeurism of the new zoom lens and Jacopetti's scathing narration.

From Time • Aug. 21, 2011