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Deflate
- verb - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
- produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
- 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"
Deflect
- verb - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Deforce
- - To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. (b) (Scots Law) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.
Deforms
- verb -
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- assume a different shape or form
- become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
- make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
- twist and press out of shape
Defraud
- verb - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
- swindle
Defrays
- verb - bear the expenses of
Defrock
- verb - divest of the frock; of church officials
Defrost
- verb - make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window"
Defunct
- adjective - having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
- no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization"