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Noun: destabilization  dee,stey-bu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], dee,stey-bu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
     
  2. (government) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government, country or economy)
    - destabilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: destabilizations

Type of: action, alteration, change, modification

Antonym: stabilization

Encyclopedia: Destabilization