Destabilize

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make something unstable. transitive

    "As part of its application, Macy's submitted "balloon control plans" describing how handlers, under the direction of a "pilot," were to navigate through intersections, where crosswinds can destabilize the balloons."

  2. 2
    make unstable wordnet
  3. 3
    To become unstable. intransitive
  4. 4
    become unstable wordnet

Etymology

From de- + stabilize.

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