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destabilises

destabilises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of destabilise.

Meaning of destabilise

Verb

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

  1. (UK, transitive) To make something unstable.
    • The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.2023 January 25, “Network News: New stone shores up landslip at Carstairs”, in RAIL, number 975, page 14
  2. (UK, transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
  3. (UK, intransitive) To become unstable.

Questions about destabilises

What is destabilises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Destabilises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of destabilise.

Words near destabilises in the dictionary

  1. destabilisations
  2. destabilise
  3. destabilised
  4. destabiliser
  5. destabilisers
  6. destabilises
  7. destabilising
  8. destabilization
  9. destabilizations
  10. destabilize
  11. destabilized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destabilises (page history and authors); destabilise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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