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Verb: destabilise  dee'stey-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: destabilize)
  1. Become unstable
    "The economy destabilised rapidly";
    - destabilize
     
  2. Make unstable
    "Terrorism destabilised the government";
    - destabilize

Derived forms: destabilised, destabilising, destabilises

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: stabilise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Destabilise

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