Deflate and Puff up

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Deflate verb - Release contained air or gas from.

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Puff up is an antonym for deflate.

Nearby Words: deflation, deflating, deflator

Puff up verb - Make larger or distend.

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Deflate is an antonym for puff up in topics: extend, blow up, inflate, to put in and occupy the whole of, blow up like a balloon.

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