deflate

Verb

• become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
  • The balloons deflated
    

• reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
  • deflate the currency
    

• produce deflation in
  • The new measures deflated the economy
    

• reduce or lessen the size or importance of
  • The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence
    

• release contained air or gas from
  • deflate the air mattress
    

• collapse by releasing contained air or gas
  • deflate a balloon
    

Related words

• Antonyms: 
  inflate , blow up