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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The war has triggered a severe global oil shortage that has destabilized electronics, agriculture, pharmaceutical and energy supply chains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
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 plethora of foreign troops, some say, also served as a bulwark against the jihadist violence that has destabilized other countries in the region.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2017
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
