deflate

present singular third person deflates · participle present deflating · participle past deflated · past deflated

1. transitiveTo remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
2. transitiveTo cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

   Synonyms: collapse

3. transitiveeconomicsTo reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
4. intransitiveTo become deflated.
5. transitiveTo let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.

   deflate someone's ego

   1 more example

   Scotland's first match at a men's major finals in 23 years ended in anguish after Patrik Schick's incredible halfway-line goal helped the Czech Republic inflict a deflating opening Euro 2020 defeat at Hampden.

   2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport

6. transitivecomputingTo compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.

   Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files!

   2003, Alan D Johnson, “unzip utility on HPUX”, in comp.sys.hp.hpux (Usenet)

7. slangTo belch or flatulate