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sta·bi·lize (st

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)

v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es

v.tr.

1. To make stable or steadfast.

2. To maintain the stability of (an airplane or ship, for example) by means of a stabilizer.

3. To keep from fluctuating; fix the level of: stabilize prices.

v.intr.

To become stable, steadfast, or fixed.

stabi·li·zation (-l

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n) n.

stabilize, stabilise [ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz]

1. to make or become stable or more stable

2. to keep or be kept stable

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) to put or keep (an aircraft, vessel, etc.) in equilibrium by one or more special devices, or (of an aircraft, vessel, etc.) to become stable

stabilization , stabilisation n

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Verb	1.	stabilize - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" stabilise 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" peg - stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar" destabilise, destabilize - make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government"
	2.	stabilize - support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" stabilise, steady, brace beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" ballast - make steady with a ballast guy - steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
	3.	stabilize - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" stabilise 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" steady down, take root, settle down, root, settle - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" becalm, steady, calm - make steady; "steady yourself" destabilise, destabilize - become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly" destabilise, destabilize - become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly"