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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
deflate .
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Examples
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Fiction that deflates is quite common (and I believe a symptom of post-modern philosophy, but that is another matter) but I sense that VQR has more spirited writing.
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` ` It kind of deflates their team a little bit, getting behind by two. ''
USATODAY.com 2008
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All the networks cut off Hillary's speech, kind of deflates the beauty contest that much more.
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` ` That's happened a couple of times this year and teams have actually scored and it kind of deflates teams a little bit.
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I think that kind of deflates some of the partisanship claims that the Palin people are arguing.
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"When the home team gets the first goal, it kind of deflates the other team," Murray said.
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"To put four runs up with two out kind of deflates their team," he said.
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"They were getting a lot of offensive rebounds and that kind of deflates you and takes your breath away on offense," said first-year coach Dawn Staley, whose team was held to a season-low 23.6 percent shooting.
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"So we talked about coming out, competing, setting the tone the first ten minutes and then that goal, it kind of deflates you a little bit."
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"They were getting a lot of offensive rebounds and that kind of deflates you and takes your breath away on offense," said first-year coach Dawn Staley, whose team was held to a season-low 23.6 percent shooting.
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