destabilize

English

Alternative forms

• destabilise (UK)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/

Verb

destabilize (third-person singular simple present destabilizes, present participle destabilizing, simple past and past participle destabilized)

1. (transitive) To make something unstable.
2. (transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
3. (intransitive) To become unstable.

Translations

to make something unstable

• Dutch: destabiliseren (nl)
• French: déstabiliser (fr)

• German: destabilisieren (de)
• Italian: destabilizzare (it)

to undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism

• German: destabilisieren (de)

• Italian: destabilizzare (it)

Anagrams

• bestialized