destabilise

See also: déstabilisé and déstabilise

English

Alternative forms

• destabilize (US)

Etymology

From de- +‎ stabilise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/

Verb

destabilise (third-person singular simple present destabilises, present participle destabilising, simple past and past participle destabilised) (British spelling)

1. (transitive) To make something unstable.
   • 2023 January 25, “Network News: New stone shores up landslip at Carstairs”, in RAIL, number 975, page 14:

     The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.

2. (transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
3. (intransitive) To become unstable.

Translations

destabilise — see destabilize

Anagrams

• bestialised