Synonym: blow up, broaden, enlarge, expand, increase, puff out, stretch, swell. Antonym: deflate. Similar words: inflation, inflamed, inflammation, inflammatory, flagellate, influx, influence, conflagration. Meaning: [ɪn'fleɪt] v. 1. fill with gas or air 2. exaggerate or make bigger 3. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit 4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value 5. become inflated.
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61. If all else fails, it seems, the one sure way to secure solvency in the private and public sectors is to inflate away debts and buoy up asset prices.
62. The World Health Organisation has predicted that meat consumption will double by 2050, and the increasing cost of animal feed is likely to rapidly inflate the price of meat before then.
63. When disaster strikes , a troubling human response can inflate the death toll: people freeze up.
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