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destabilise

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de⋅sta⋅bi⋅lize

  [dee-stey-buh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
Also, especially British, de⋅sta⋅bi⋅lise.

Origin:
1930–35; de- + stabilize

Related forms:
de⋅sta⋅bi⋅li⋅za⋅tion, noun
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destabilise

verb
1. become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly" [syn: destabilize] [ant: stabilise] 
2. make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government" [syn: destabilize] [ant: stabilise] 
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