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Noun: destabilization  dee`stey-bu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], dee`stey-bu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
     
  2. The action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
    - destabilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: destabilizations

See also: destabilize

Type of: action, alteration, change, modification

Antonym: stabilization

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