inflate
Verb
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Exaggerate or make bigger (synset 200265272)
"The charges were inflated"is a type of: increase - make bigger or moresubtypes: puff up - make larger or distend
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Fill with gas or air (synset 200264920)
"inflate a balloons"is a type of: expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantitysame as: blow up
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Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (synset 200563959)
"The war inflated the economy"subtypes: reflate - economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
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Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (synset 200563600)
"inflate the currency"
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Become inflated (synset 200257003)
"The sails ballooned"is a type of: expand - become larger in size or volume or quantitysubtypes: reflate - become inflated again
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