d 2 e 1 f 4 l 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb collapse by releasing contained air or gas
verb release contained air or gas from
verb reduce or lessen the size or importance of
originFrom de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- defeat 10
- deflea 10
- felted 10
- leafed 10
- defat 9
- delft 9
- fated 9
- feted 9
- aleft 8
- fetal 8
- fleet 8
- lefte 8