How to Use destabilize in a Sentence

destabilize

verb
Definition of destabilizenext
  • Economists warn that the crisis could destabilize the nation's currency.
  • The group hoped the assassination of the new President would destabilize the government.
  • But enough damage to these vital arteries would start to destabilize the network.
    — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Jupiter’s four-month retrograde destabilizes your resource base.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
  • It was criticized as deeply flawed and allegations of widespread fraud threatened to destabilize the still fragile nation.
    — Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The data gathered as a result of spying may be useful in order to carry out a cyberwar and destabilize an enemy state.
    — Shanmugavel Sankaran, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Critics say his intent is to destabilize the public education system.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2021
  • That could lead to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan that destabilize its government too.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
  • New England may want to beat Kansas City on the field, and vice versa, but neither is looking to destabilize or devour the other.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
  • China imports significant amounts of oil from Iran, and might look unkindly on efforts to destabilize its government.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Quantum computers are not just theoretical constructs, but real machines that have the potential to destabilize a bank’s entire business.
    — Michael Abbott, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Yet the same research threatens to destabilize the spectrum and her place on it.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • There was a real effort to destabilize our trust in schools just.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The government blames the private sector for creating a series of socioeconomic problems that could destabilize the society.
    — Laura He, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And the voters know that the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen last week will further destabilize the region.
    — Iman Jodeh, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In spite and because of it all, the glamour and the stardom, that time was also destabilizing for Blige.
    — Zandria Robinson, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Russia will threaten more of its neighbors, from Moldova to the Baltic states, and destabilize the globe.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Both he and his daughter have been sanctioned by the United States for their actions to destabilize Ukraine.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • For some critics of the rate hike effort over the past year, the collapse of the banks adds to their fears that the Fed’s push could destabilize the broader economy.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Now the pair start to keep score, tallying up a point each time one of them says something that destabilizes the other.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Your mission this full moon week is to not give into people’s attempts to destabilize you or throw you off the path.
    — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 30 May 2023
  • The retreat of glaciers has already caused structures at Camp Muir, a camp for climbers, to shift slightly as the ground destabilizes, Beason said.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • This is not the first attempt to destabilize Mali’s ruling junta.
    — Baba Ahmed, ajc, 17 May 2022
  • Skies are partly sunny, with breaks in the clouds at times, destabilizing the atmosphere for the next storm round.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The conflict in Africa’s third-largest country is spilling across the borders and destabilizing its neighbors.
    — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The conflict threatens to destabilize Africa's third-largest nation.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That money is going to be used not only to destabilize, probably the world, not just the region.
    — NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Residents, however, fear the new project will destabilize the hill and send it crashing down again.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • That element destabilizes the film’s tone — which, up until then, has been laced with irony.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The military has said that although Khan had a right to hold a rally there, no one would be allowed to destabilize the country.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2022

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