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hyperinflate

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From hyper- + inflate.

verb hyperinflates · hyperinflating · hyperinflated

  1. transitive To inflate excessively. Wishing for unlimited money would hyperinflate the market and make your money useless.
  2. intransitive To be inflated excessively. As the chest wall and lungs hyperinflate, they progressively resist further inflation by virtue of their elastic recoil characteristics.
  3. transitive To subject to hyperinflation. Both economies recklessly decide to hyperinflate their currencies.

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@misc{hyperinflate_2026,
  title = {hyperinflate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyperinflate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}