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verb

past tense of deflate

as in compressed

to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating.

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as in emptied

to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave.

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to make or become lower in amount or value The excess supply deflated prices. The company's stock has deflated.

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as in weakened

to cause to lose force or effectiveness Her cutting remark deflated his ego. The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution.

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Recent Examples of deflated

Adjective

Information jobs, which encompass many tech roles, remain deflated compared with the previous year. — Joelle Gross, NBC news, 8 July 2026 Meanwhile, the sheriff's office deployed stop sticks, but Roe allegedly continued going with a deflated tire on Hall Road from Gratiot Avenue. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 June 2026 Large pink and orange inflatable birds are stacked next to a deflated kiddie pool. — Mike Albo, Vulture, 2 June 2026 The most recent deflated reading and math scores reported by the Education Scorecard are the culmination of a downward trend that began in 2013, Kane explained in an interview with PBS. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 May 2026 From my tried-and-true tactics (getting 10,000 daily steps, running, doing Pilates, not snacking after dinner) to emerging advice (lifting heavier weights, eating all the protein), each fresh burst of motivation only leaves me more deflated. — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026 The Illini had trouble getting in an extended flow and at times looked deflated. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 Any sense of achievement is just so deflated. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026 Feeling like a deflated balloon. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026

Verb

Shelton cruised from there, mixing his primary weapons in with athletic defense that garnered big reactions from the Montreal crowd and deflated Nakashima even more. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 However, his increase in confidence on the offensive side of the ball at the beginning of last season was quickly deflated after bad drops and a fumble against the Philadelphia Eagles in November. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Instead, look for signs the succulent is thirsty, like leaves that appear deflated or slightly wrinkled. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 July 2026 The change is designed to give employers cover if their workers’ 401(k)s are deflated by expensive, opaque or unproven investments. — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 The balloon is deflated and pulled out, and the breast implant is inserted. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, briefly held onto the title of being the world’s first and only trillionaire before his net worth was deflated back down to a more modest nine-figure amount. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Otherwise, it must be drained, deflated and put away. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 What to consider when buying a hopper ball Hopper balls come deflated and require a manual or electric pump for inflation. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflated

Adjective

Henry County Coroner Brian Clark said the man, James Briar, appears to have gone around a barricade and fallen into the collapsed road.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Thursday morning marked 72 hours since the quake, a period when survivors are considered most likely to be found alive beneath collapsed buildings.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of collapsed

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Dimethyl ether, or DME, is a gas that can be compressed into a liquid at room temperature under 75 psi, a relatively low pressure similar to that of a bike tire.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
My salary has been compressed by decades of raises well below inflation and stagnant institutional pay scales.

— Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of compressed

Verb

Collina Strada emptied its cupboards to for its S/S ’27 collection.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
At twenty-four, the soprano ability gone, his coffers emptied by heroin and scammers, Lymon, in his addict’s senescence, spoke to a reporter from Ebony magazine; a year later, he would be found dead on his grandmother’s bathroom floor.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of emptied

Verb

That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of reduced

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The ultimate effect of Fedorov appeal to everyone’s better angels, is that Zelensky is weakened, the questions of his electoral legitimacy amplified, and the call for an end to the war bolstered.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Positions have hardened, trust has weakened and the room for quiet resolution has narrowed.

— Sean Pattwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of weakened

Verb

But as oil is drained from these reserves, the integrity of the caverns may be imperiled.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Free mosquitofish are also available through the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District for ponds, troughs and other standing water that cannot be drained.

— Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of drained

Verb

When Lake Mead last plunged to record-low water levels in 2022, its dramatically receding shoreline revealed all manner of curiosities.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Wall Street, which is accustomed to robust growth from Walmart, reacted swiftly to the lukewarm sales numbers, and the company’s stock plunged 9% Thursday.

— Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of plunged

Verb

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has also undermined Iraqi oil exports, though Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC has helped get some through the chokepoint.

— Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Constant record-setting ticket sales and TV viewership were undermined by growing resentment among everyone from athletes to fans over the players’ salaries; Clark’s rookie pay was just $76,000.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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