verb (used with object), de·sta·bi·lized, de·sta·bi·liz·ing.
- to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
verb
- (tr) to undermine or subvert (a government, economy, etc) so as to cause unrest or collapse
1934 in a physical sense; earlier (1924) with reference to political systems, governments, nations, etc.; see de- + stabilize. Related: Destabilized; destabilizing.