deflate
— Verb
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～ become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
deflate
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～ reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
deflate
— Verb
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～ produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
deflated
— Adjective
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～ brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
deflation
— Noun
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～ (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"
deflation
— Noun
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～ a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
deflation
— Noun
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～ the act of letting the air out of something
deflationary
— Adjective
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～ associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures"
deflator
— Noun
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～ a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
deflect
— Verb
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～ turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
deflect
— Verb
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～ impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
deflect
— Verb
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～ draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
deflect
— Verb
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～ prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
deflect
— Verb
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～ turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
deflection
— Noun
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～ the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
deflection
— Noun
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～ a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
deflection
— Noun
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～ the property of being bent or deflected
deflection
— Noun
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～ a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
deflection
— Noun
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～ the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
deflective
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)