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destabilize
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  • "He might have done it to destabilize the Clave," suggested Maryse.†  (source)
  • It would be unwise to bandy it about, as people might take it to mean that he wanted you to succeed him, and that would undermine my authority and destabilize the Varden.†  (source)
  • It was he who suggested the use of an obscure "CIA" pamphlet on the destabilization of foreign governments as a strategic handbook for the Sons of Jacob, and he, too, who drew up the early hit lists of prominent "Americans" of the time.†  (source)
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  • Over and over again, I heard the same story: the police and the defense force were destabilizing the area.†  (source)
  • Our little game of destabilization will start right here on the 'farm.'†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Walt and I scrambled backward as more stones fell into the pit, and I realized I'd just destabilized the entire roof of a subterranean room.†  (source)
  • It's so much more comfortable to convince himself Dumbledore's lying to destabilise him.'†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it destabilize.
  • The accusation had been aired openly for more than thirty years, and it had coloured the family gatherings and given rise to poisonous animosities that had contributed to destabilising the corporation.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it destabilizing.
  • In such circumstances, the mind still longs to repose in what Samuel Johnson once called with superb confidence "the stability of truth", even as it recognizes the destabilizing nature of its own operations and enquiries.†  (source)
  • There he met with other politicians, a group of military men, and gringos sent by their intelligence service to map a strategy for bringing down the new government: economic destabilization, as they called their sabotage.†  (source)
  • And the troubles of the 1980s had destabilized the community and imbued longtime residents with a sense of futility when it came to resisting change.†  (source)
  • The bit about how he's been trying to build up an army against the Ministry, how he's been working to destabilise me?'†  (source)
  • The British seemed to be greatly interested in supporting efforts aimed at destabilizing and ultimately eradicating American slavery.†  (source)
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