destabilize
verb /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/
/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/
(British English also destabilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they destabilize | /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it destabilizes | /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪz/ /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple destabilized | /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle destabilized | /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form destabilizing | /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- destabilize something to make a system, country, government, etc. become less well established or successful
- Terrorist attacks were threatening to destabilize the government.
- The news had a destabilizing effect on the stock market.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDestabilize is used with these nouns as the object:- country
- economy
- government
- …