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.
  • So too much bright light exposure at night can destabilize us.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Some worried that the volatile trading could destabilize markets and prompt a mass sell-off.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Midwinter rains can also build slick ice layers and more dust layers can also destabilize the snowpack.
    — Bob Berwyn, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The War on Drugs has also crossed borders, helping to destabilize entire regions of the world.
    — Jackie Bryant, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Iraq has warned that conflict between the United States and Iran playing out on its soil threatens to destabilize the country.
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The truce is intended to halt fighting that has devastated Gaza and destabilized the Middle East.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • No mention was made then of a plot to destabilize the kingdom.
    — WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Yet the same research threatens to destabilize the spectrum and her place on it.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • The turmoil has the potential to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • There was a real effort to destabilize our trust in schools just.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The fall of Mekelle signaled a turning point in a war that has plunged Ethiopia into chaos and threatened to destabilize the wider Horn of Africa region.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • 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 truce between Israel and Hamas aims to stop the deadly fighting that threatened to destabilize the region.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
  • The air mass will destabilize, but to what extent is still uncertain.
    — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Cooler air in the core of the trough aloft will help destabilize the atmosphere, and increase the winds in middle levels of the atmosphere.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • 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
  • Iraq and Jordan face being destabilized, adding to their woes amid the turmoil of the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • This further destabilized the delicate ecosystem, leaving it vulnerable to additional disruptions.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

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