destabilize
verb (used with object)
to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes.
had destabilized
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past perfectof destabilize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Only after World War II had destabilized Europe was the city able to usurp Paris as the commercial center of the art business.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
It was suggested on television that he had destabilized the team by instructing Whitmore to make room for the new arrivals.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
Neighbors complained that the massive home on Strada Vecchia Road, which some dubbed the “Starship Enterprise,” had destabilized the surrounding hillside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2018
The previous year, a collapsed merger with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe had destabilized the firm.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2012
The boom was triggered by the conquest of high inflation, which had destabilized the economy since the late 1960s.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 29, 2010
