单词 | destabilize |
释义 | destabilize (once / 9057 pages) v 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 FAMILYdestabilize: 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 EXAMPLESCybersecurity 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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