Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - deflate
Deflate
deflate
v. 1 a tr. let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, etc.). b intr. be emptied of air or gas. 2 a tr. cause to lose confidence or conceit. b intr. lose confidence. 3 Econ. a tr. subject (a currency or economy) to deflation. b intr. pursue a policy of deflation. 4 tr. reduce the importance of, depreciate. Derivatives deflator n. Etymology: DE- + INFLATE
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verb (~d; deflating) Etymology: de+ -flate (as in inflate) Date: 1891 transitive verb to release air or gas from , to reduce in size, importance, or effectiveness , to reduce (a price level) or cause (a volume of credit) to contract, intransitive verb to lose firmness through or as if through the escape of contained gas, see: contract deflator also ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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