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DESTABILIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make unstable

Example:

Terrorism destabilized the government

Synonyms:

destabilise; destabilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "destabilize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

stabilize (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium)

Derivation:

destabilization (the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy))

destabilization (an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become unstable

Example:

The economy destabilized rapidly

Synonyms:

destabilise; destabilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "destabilize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

stabilize (become stable or more stable)

Derivation:

destabilization (the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy))

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