When something is deflated, it is reduced in size or amount. The balloon in the picture is deflated because the air has been taken out of it.
The balloon was deflated by the wind.
The company's stock Prices were deflated when the company announced that they were going bankrupt.
adjective
brought low in spirit
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The ball deflated suddenly.
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The men deflated the balloon.
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The world was gripped by deflation.
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It is inflated in May and deflated in the fall.
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Deflation started in the early 1990s.
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To deflate the lungs, the process is reversed.
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I was excited, deflated, excited, and then blase.
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The gap was filled by deflation of consumer prices.
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The play was incredible and seemed to deflate Pittsburgh.
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Sometimes deflation also occurs as part of the correction.