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单词 destabilize
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destabilize
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To destabilize something is to undermine it, or to make it much less stable. Seeming uncertain or confused can destabilize a teacher's ability to control a class.
Political protesters might seek to destabilize a government or other institution, and lying to your best friend can destabilize your relationship. In both cases, the underlying stability of a situation is shaken, or made less sturdy. The earliest use of destabilize was in a physical sense, if something was literally unstable or shaky. By the 1920s, the word came to also have a more political meaning.
WORD FAMILY
destabilize: destabilization, destabilized, destabilizes, destabilizing+/destabilise: destabilised/instability: instabilities/stabilisation: destabilisation/stabilise: destabilise, stabilisation, stabilised, stabiliser, stabilising/stability: instability, stabilities/stabilization: stabilizations/stabilize: destabilize, stabilization, stabilized, stabilizer, stabilizes, stabilizing/stabilizer: stabilizers/stable: stabilise, stability, stabilize, stabled, stableness, stabler, stables, stabling, stably, unstable/stabling: stablings/unstable: unstableness, unstably
USAGE EXAMPLES
Cybersecurity experts say a hack in December 2015 destabilized Kiev’s power grid, causing a blackout in part of the Ukrainian capital.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
Malaysian government leaders said the country remains open to dissent and critics are trying to destabilize it.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016)
Now is the time to reinforce the bedrock so it doesn’t become further destabilized.
Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)
1v make unstable
Terrorism destabilized the government
Syn|Ant|Hyper
destabilise
stabilise, stabilize
make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2v become unstable
The economy destabilized rapidly
Syn|Ant|Hyper
destabilise
stabilise, stabilize
become stable or more stable
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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