How to Use destabilize in a Sentence

destabilize

verb

• Economists warn that the crisis could destabilize the nation's currency.
• The group hoped the assassination of the new President would destabilize the government.
• No mention was made then of a plot to destabilize the kingdom.
  — WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
• Yet the same research threatens to destabilize the spectrum and her place on it.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
• The turmoil has the potential to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa.
  — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• There was a real effort to destabilize our trust in schools just.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
• And the voters know that the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen last week will further destabilize the region.
  — Iman Jodeh, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• In spite and because of it all, the glamour and the stardom, that time was also destabilizing for Blige.
  — Zandria Robinson, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• Russia will threaten more of its neighbors, from Moldova to the Baltic states, and destabilize the globe.
  — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
• Both he and his daughter have been sanctioned by the United States for their actions to destabilize Ukraine.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022
• For some critics of the rate hike effort over the past year, the collapse of the banks adds to their fears that the Fed’s push could destabilize the broader economy.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• The fall of Mekelle signaled a turning point in a war that has plunged Ethiopia into chaos and threatened to destabilize the wider Horn of Africa region.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2021
• Now the pair start to keep score, tallying up a point each time one of them says something that destabilizes the other.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
• Your mission this full moon week is to not give into people’s attempts to destabilize you or throw you off the path.
  — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 30 May 2023
• The truce between Israel and Hamas aims to stop the deadly fighting that threatened to destabilize the region.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• The air mass will destabilize, but to what extent is still uncertain.
  — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2021
• Cooler air in the core of the trough aloft will help destabilize the atmosphere, and increase the winds in middle levels of the atmosphere.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
• The retreat of glaciers has already caused structures at Camp Muir, a camp for climbers, to shift slightly as the ground destabilizes, Beason said.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 June 2023
• This is not the first attempt to destabilize Mali’s ruling junta.
  — Baba Ahmed, ajc, 17 May 2022
• Skies are partly sunny, with breaks in the clouds at times, destabilizing the atmosphere for the next storm round.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Iraq and Jordan face being destabilized, adding to their woes amid the turmoil of the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
• The conflict in Africa’s third-largest country is spilling across the borders and destabilizing its neighbors.
  — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• The conflict threatens to destabilize Africa's third-largest nation.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• That money is going to be used not only to destabilize, probably the world, not just the region.
  — NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022
• Residents, however, fear the new project will destabilize the hill and send it crashing down again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• That element destabilizes the film’s tone — which, up until then, has been laced with irony.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• The military has said that although Khan had a right to hold a rally there, no one would be allowed to destabilize the country.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2022
• But that could also add stress to the financial sector and in turn destabilize the economy.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
• If the opposition succeeds in their bid on Friday, South Korea will see its second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeks, further destabilizing its vibrant political scene.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 26 Dec. 2024
• Critics argue that Israel's actions violate the 1974 ceasefire agreement and could destabilize the already volatile region further.
  — Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025