What does destabilize mean?

Definitions for destabilize
diˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪzdesta·bi·lize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. destabilize, destabiliseverb

    become unstable

    "The economy destabilized rapidly"

  2. destabilize, destabiliseverb

    make unstable

    "Terrorism destabilized the government"

Wiktionary

  1. destabilizeverb

    To make something unstable.

  2. destabilizeverb

    To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.

  3. destabilizeverb

    To become unstable.

ChatGPT

  1. destabilize

    To destabilize refers to the act of making something unsteady, unstable or insecure, either physically or metaphorically. This could mean causing a government, economy, or system to become inefficient, malfunction or potentially collapse. It is the process of introducing instability or uncertainty into a previously stable environment or situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of destabilize in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of destabilize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of destabilize in a Sentence

  1. Amanda Gorman:

    Poetry is a weapon. It is an instrument of social change...and poetry is one of the most political arts out there because it demands that you rupture and destabilize the language in which you're working with. Inherently, you are pushing against the status quo. And so for me, it's always existed in that tradition of truth-telling.

  2. Yahya Jammeh:

    Nobody can also destabilize this country. So anybody who comes to attack this country; be ready because you are going to die no matter who you are and who backed you, we will get to the bottom of this and we will not spare anybody.

  3. Scott Stewart:

    The problems are not going to go away as long as the ideology of jihadism … continue to try and destabilize and take over governments … we really need to work with our allies in the region … to work towards an ideological solution where Muslims themselves can undercut the ideology of jihadism.

  4. Army Lt. Col. Michael Waltz:

    The longer we tell the region we are leaving, the more the Afghan populous and regional governments like China, Pakistan, and Iran even the Afghan government are start hedging against us rather than working with us, the problems are not going to go away as long as the ideology of jihadism … continue to try and destabilize and take over governments … we really need to work with our allies in the region … to work towards an ideological solution where Muslims themselves can undercut the ideology of jihadism.

  5. President Nicolas Maduro:

    It's a strategy to try and upset the people and turn them to extremes, to destabilize the country, but the people are defeating it in the street, and the government is working in the street.

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