Source of auto inflation (6)

I believe the answer is:

airbag

(Other definitions for airbag that I've seen before include "cushion" , "Protection" , "Rapidly-inflating car safety device" , "thing rarely subject to inflation" , "that's deployed to save a life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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