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deflate
verb as in reduce or cause to contract
verb as in humiliate
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
These included allegations that Tom Brady deflated footballs in a January 2015 playoff game, which became a protracted and bizarre legal drama.
If the AI bubble ever deflates, these energy companies with no revenue have the farthest to fall and little in the way of a cushion.
After several failed attempts to deflate it, the officers finally managed to squash it into the back of a patrol car.
Representing the new guard, Che chimed in that the mother “zipped around the room like a deflated balloon.”
Some of the better jokes: “The woman zipped around the room like a deflated balloon.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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