destabilizev.
/diːˈsteɪbɪlʌɪz/ transitive. To deprive of stability, to render unstable.
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the world > time > change > changeableness > render changeable or unstable [verb (transitive)]
unbottom1598
uncertain1614
destabilize1934
undercut1955
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1961 Guardian 24 Oct. 8/4 A first strike, which would destabilise the overall strategic situation.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. ii. 52 It also appears to destabilize the d electrons slightly.
Derivatives
deˈstabilizing n. and adj.
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the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] > causing change
destabilizing1924
destabilization1974
1924 W. M. Hughes in These Eventful Years II. 285 The creation of a new political party..seems likely to have a de-stabilising influence on Commonwealth politics.
1962 Economist 28 Apr. 366/1 Excessive and destabilising flows of short-term capital.
1962 W. B. Thompson Introd. Plasma Physics vi. 120 Where I is the total current enclosed within a cylinder of radius r, this de-stabilizing term is [etc.].
1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xiii. 269 Ordinary technology might be almost as destabilizing as the..‘doomsday machine’.
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