释义 |
ˌdestabiliˈzation [f. destabilize v. + -ation.] The act or process of rendering unstable, esp. (in political contexts) of a country or government by foreign interference.
1974N.Y. Times 8 Sept. 26/2 The 40 Committee authorized an expenditure of $1-million for ‘further political destabilization’ activities in August 1973, one month before the military junta seized control in Santiago. 1980Christian Science Monitor (Midwestern ed.) 4 Dec. 1/2 At the State Department, analysts foresee a fairly rapid process of ‘destabilization’ in Poland. 1983S. Naipaul Hot Country vii. 109 Alex replaced the book..and pulled out another — a study of the destabilisation campaign waged by the United States against Allende's Chile. |