v. 25B6; verb
the mattress inflated : BLOW UP, fill up, fill with air, aerate, puff up/out, pump up; dilate, distend, swell.
the demand inflated prices : INCREASE, raise, boost, escalate, put up; informal hike up, jack up, bump up.
the figures were inflated by the press : EXAGGERATE, magnify, overplay, overstate, enhance, embellish, touch up; increase, amplify, augment.
decrease, understate.