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destabilize

[dee-stey-buh-lahyz] / diˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz /


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The unified push reflected concerns that military action against Iran could destabilize the wider region, said Ali Vaez, Iran project director and senior adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group.

From The Wall Street Journal

The disaster has destabilized local utilities that for generations quietly kept faucets flowing in Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times

These actions undermined the slaveholders’ power, destabilized systems of slavery and, in some cases, hastened the enactment of emancipatory laws.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a pyramid of matches teetering on today’s destabilizing reality — and Lanthimos likes to spark fires.

From Los Angeles Times

“U.S. tariff threats tied to Greenland introduced a new and destabilizing form of geopolitical risk,” wrote Michael Gayed, author of the Lead-Lag Report.

From Barron's