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flare
Latin · ancient
"to blow"
to blow, combined with de- (down, away)
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deflare
Latin · ancient
"to blow away"
to blow away, a root used to form the reverse of inflare
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deflate
English · 1891
"to let air or gas out of something"
coined as the opposite of inflate, for letting air or gas out of something
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