destabilize
/diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/
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Philippines/dɪˈstæbɪlaɪz/
destabilize verb: to make something unstable.
Verb
destabilize (third-person singular simple present destabilizes, present participle destabilizing, simple past and past participle destabilized)
- To make something unstable.
- As part of its application, Macy's submitted "balloon control plans" describing how handlers, under the direction of a "pilot," were to navigate through intersections, where crosswinds can destabilize the balloons.2005 November 27, Sewell Chan, “Site of Balloon Accident Is Known for Its Crosswinds”, in The New York Times
- Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes.2015 August 26, “A Catalog of Proteins Expressed in the AG Secreted Fluid during the Mature Phase of the Chinese Mitten Crabs ( Eriocheir sinensis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- To become unstable.
destabilize meaning in Hindi and Malayalam
destabilize in Hindi
- to destabilize
- अस्थिर करना asthir karnā
destabilize in Malayalam
- weaken, undermine, damage
- ശിഥിലീകരിക്കുക, അസ്ഥിരമാക്കുക, അടിമാന്തുക, ഗൂഢമായി നാശമുണ്ടാക്കുക, അടിത്തര തോണ്ടുക, തുരങ്കം വയ്ക്കുക
Examples of destabilize in a sentence
- When the buoyancy destabilizes the flow, it alters the electroconvective patterns by introducing upward and downward fingers of respectively light and heavy fluid.2016, Elif Karatay, Matthias Wessling, Ali Mani, “On the coupling between buoyancy forces and electroconvective instability near...
- When the price of Luna plummeted in May, TerraUSD fell in tandem — a “death spiral” that destabilized the broader market and plunged some investors into financial ruin.2022 June 14, David Yaffe-Bellany, Erin Griffith, “‘The Music Has Stopped’: Crypto Firms Quake as Prices Fall”, in The New York Times...
Forms of destabilize
| third-person singular present | destabilizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | destabilizing |
| past participle | destabilized |
| past | destabilized |
| alternative UK | destabilise |
Origin of destabilize
From de- + stabilize.
Words formed from destabilize
Questions about destabilize
- What does destabilize mean?
- Destabilize means to make something unstable.
- What is destabilize in Hindi?
- Destabilize in Hindi is अस्थिर करना (asthir karnā). See Destabilize meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use destabilize in a sentence?
- When the buoyancy destabilizes the flow, it alters the electroconvective patterns by introducing upward and downward fingers of respectively light and heavy fluid.
- What part of speech is destabilize?
- Destabilize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce destabilize?
- Destabilize is pronounced /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of destabilize?
- The past tense of destabilize is destabilized.
Words near destabilize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: destabilize (page history and authors); अस्थिर करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); destabilize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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