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third-person singular simple present destabilises, present participle destabilising, simple past and past participle destabilised
(transitive) To make something unstable. quotations examples
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
(transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism. examples
(intransitive) To become unstable. examples