destabilize
[dee-stey-buh-lahyz]
- to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
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Also especially British, de·sta·bi·lise.
Origin of destabilize
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Contemporary Examples of destabilization
“They all have one objective: destabilization in order to ‘prepare’ for the elections in autumn,” he said.
“This request went in right after the Russians seized Crimea before the destabilization campaign in the east started,” he said.
They see this process as one in which destabilization of the existing order is not only necessary but inevitable.
destabilize
destabilise
- (tr) to undermine or subvert (a government, economy, etc) so as to cause unrest or collapse
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