hyperinflate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]hyperinflate (third-person singular simple present hyperinflates, present participle hyperinflating, simple past and past participle hyperinflated)
- (transitive) To inflate excessively.
- Wishing for unlimited money would hyperinflate the market and make your money useless.
- (intransitive) To be inflated excessively.
- As the chest wall and lungs hyperinflate, they progressively resist further inflation by virtue of their elastic recoil characteristics.
- (economics, transitive) To subject to hyperinflation.
- Both economies recklessly decide to hyperinflate their currencies.