| VERB | change | destabilize, destabilise | become unstable / unstable |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | destabilize, destabilise | make unstable / unstable |
| Sounds | dihstey'bahlay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Become unstable / unstable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The economy destabilized rapidly" | |
| Synonym | destabilise | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | stabilize, stabilise | Become stable or more stable |
| Spanish | desestabilizar | |
| Catalan | desestabilitzar-se, desestabilitzar | |
| Nouns | destabilization | the action of destabilizing |
| Meaning | make unstable / unstable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Terrorism destabilized the government" | |
| Synonym | destabilise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | stabilize, stabilise | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium |
| Spanish | desestabilizarse, desestabilizar | |
| Catalan | desestabilitzar-se, desestabilitzar | |
| Nouns | destabilization | the action of destabilizing |
| destabilization | an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) | |
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