destabilizing

From the verb destabilize: (⇒ conjugate)

destabilizing is: ⓘ

v pres p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

de•sta•bi•lize  (dē stā′bə līz′), v.t., -lized, -liz•ing. 

1. to make unstable;
   rid of stabilizing attributes:
   conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] de•sta′bi•lise′. 

• de- + stabilize 1930–35

de•sta′bi•li•za′tion, n.