to deflate

Examples

• All

• If you partially squeeze the neck of a balloon, it will deflate more slowly.

  Academic text (2012)

• And as this balloon deflates, the helium will escape.

• Attempts to deflate the balloon were made every minute for 5 to 10 seconds.

  Academic text (2000)

• And the exercise ball that I bought I was going to use as an office chair, my kids deflated that too.

• And then once it deflates, then people will come in and, and start to do deals again.

• To Dan, it looked like a partially deflated beach ball, dark gray, almost black.

  Fiction book (2001)

• When the clamp is released, the balloon inside you deflates.

  The Right Stuff (1983)

• I can then deflate the balloon and remove the balloon catheter and then leave this stent behind.

• Burgoyne opened his mouth to continue the boasts, then sighed and sagged, like a deflated balloon.

  Fiction book (2000)

• He watched as the balloon slowly deflated after being pricked with a pin.

Synonyms

D

to depressurize

vsto deflate

• Specialized

9 6.3

To lower air or gas pressure inside a sealed space such as a tank

lets air out to shrink or deform objects, not only reduce sealed pressure

D

to decompress

vsto deflate

• Specialized

5 5.2

Let air or gas out to lower the pressure

lets air out to make things smaller or lose shape, not just lower pressure

G

to go flat

vsto deflate

3 2.8

Lose air so a tire or ball becomes soft and cannot hold shape

causes general shrinking or loss of shape, not only flatness

D

to de-aerate

vsto deflate

• Specialized

8.2

To remove air or gas from liquids and foods to stop them going bad

lets air out to make things smaller or lose shape, not to preserve quality

Antonyms

I

to inflate

44 2.9

To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round

How Deflated

to evacuate

• Specialized

1 6.9

to deflate

18 3.1

to puncture

50 3.9

to leak

212 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology