destabilize
Example Sentences
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A flurry of diplomatic activity reflects concerns that military action could destabilize the region.
Also the domestic destabilizing effects of wars in the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
