destabilize
verb (used with object)
to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes.
has destabilized
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present perfectof destabilize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Kenya risks tumbling into “a dark and dangerous abyss,” the joint article said, if its leaders fail to resolve a boiling crisis that has destabilized one of Africa’s strongest democracies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
But for mothers like Mabina Ali Hassan, 38, the conditions in Dadaab are better than the nonexistent services back home, where conflict has destabilized the country over the past three decades.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Kaczynski detailed how modernization has destabilized society, subjected humans to indignities and "inflicted severe damage on the natural world."
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2023
“The house is totally illegal, and he has destabilized the hillside and created great risk to the surrounding properties,” Horacek said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2018
Kissinger’s praise is interesting, given that he was an architect of the one-China policy that Trump has destabilized.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2016
