destabilize

tr.v., -lized, -liz·ing, -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.

destabilization de·sta'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

v

Definition: undermine
Antonyms: shore up, strengthen

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: become unstable
  Synonym: destabilise
  Antonym: stabilize (meaning #3)

Meaning #2: make unstable
  Synonym: destabilise
  Antonym: stabilize (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - destabilisere, undergrave

Nederlands (Dutch)
destabiliseren, ondermijnen (m.n. bewind)

Français (French)
v. tr. - déstabiliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - destabilisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσταθεροποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
destabilizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desestabilizar

Русский (Russian)
дестабилизировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desestabilizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - destabilisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使动摇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使動搖

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 요동 시키다, 불안정하게 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 不安定にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفقد الاستقرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ערער היציבות, חתר תחת‬

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