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v. Present participle of deflate.

"Democratic President Obama's new Start Treaty agreement is a marked step in deflating those fears and deflating the tremendous risk a growing and constantly upgraded Nuclear Weapons program poses to all humanity on Earth."

inflate    bloat   

deflated    deflates    deflating   

turn    release    cut down    cutback    trim down    bring down    trim back    cut    trim    reduce   

exhaust    empty    flatten   

Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state