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destabilize
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de·sta·bi·lize  (d-stb-lz)
tr.v. de·sta·bi·lized, de·sta·bi·liz·ing, de·sta·bi·liz·es
1. To upset the stability or smooth functioning of: a policy that threatens to destabilize the economy; a new weapon that threatens to destabilize nuclear deterrence.
2. To undermine the power of (a government or leader) by subversive or terrorist acts.

de·stabi·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.
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Verb1.destabilize - become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
stabilise, stabilize - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"
2.destabilize - make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
stabilize, stabilise - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
Translations
destabilize [diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz] vtdesestabilizar
destabilize [diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz] vtdéstabiliser
destabilize [diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz] vtdestabilisieren
destabilize [diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz] vtprivare di stabilità;
(fig) → destabilizzare


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Equally, the Audley name serves to evoke not only the buggery scandal itself but that other literary incarnation of it, Comus; at the same time that he destabilises the pretensions of his characters to status and legitimacy, Ford himself is revealed as powerfully aligned within the high literary tradition of Milton and Shakespeare.
 
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