deflater Definition

deflate
verb deflated, deflating

tr & intr
1. To collapse or grow smaller by letting out gas.

Thesaurus: collapse, puncture, flatten, shrink, empty, contract, squash, squeeze, press, void; Antonym: inflate.
2. To reduce or take away the hopes, excitement, feelings of importance or self-confidence, etc of someone.

Thesaurus: humiliate, humble, dispirit.
tr & intr
3. econ.
To undergo or make something undergo deflation. Compare inflate, reflate.
Thesaurus: decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, depreciate, devalue, depress; Antonym: increase.

Derivative: deflater
noun

Etymology: 19c: from de- 2 + -flate, from inflate.