Deflate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 155 anagrams from letters in deflate (adeeflt).
1890-95; Latin dēflātus blown off, away (past participle of dēflāre), equivalent to dē- de- + fl(āre) to blow + -ātus -a
On landing they would solemnly don their clothes, deflate the skins, and go their way.
German cockroaches may attack newly molted nymphs of their own kind and cause them to deflate (Gould and Deay, 1938).
But Millaird's tone, intended to deflate, had no effect on the major.
How the Christmas holidays and a cash infusion from Russia combined to deflate the protest movement.
It seemed most everyone was rushing to deflate the pizza bubble and end our love affair with the anchovy.
Even if Tim Cook, the new CEO, proves as able as he has been as acting CEO, the balloon will deflate.
This can deflate your ego or spark competitive antics or both.
For years, Rove has made it a hobby of sorts to deflate conservatives more popular with the base than he is.
It may tend to deflate our ego to think that there may be intelligent beings not too different from us who are advanced beyond us.
When the bubble pops, or in the remote chance that it deflates gradually, the wealth the Party gave the people will deflate too.
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