Verb
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become inflated
"The sails ballooned"
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increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
"inflate the currency"
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cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
"The war inflated the economy"
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fill with gas or air
"inflate a balloons"
- blow up -
exaggerate or make bigger
"The charges were inflated"
- blow up