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• n  an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
• n  the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)

• After all, lest anyone think this is a crisis for the Palestinians alone, the World Bank warns, "destabilization of this kind, if protracted, could also lead to a deterioration of .
• But as campaigning goes forward for parliamentary elections now slated for February 18, many similar opportunities for further destabilization will present themselves.
• Previous studies have shown that breathing in particulates in pollution can trigger potent inflammatory reactions in the body, which can in turn lead to the destabilization of .

• destabilisation

• stabilization
• stabilisation

News & Articles

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• Gbagbo-allied youth leader arrested in Ivory Coast
  A government spokesman in Ivory Coast says that authorities had arrested a youth leader from former President Laurent Gbagbo's political party on suspicion that he was involved in "destabilization activities" last month.
  June 10, 2013 - Fox News
• Gbagbo-allied youth leader arrested in Ivory Coast - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A government spokesman in Ivory Coast says that authorities had arrested a youth leader from former President Laurent Gbagbo's political party on suspicion that he was involved in "destabilization activities" last month.
  June 10, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Francois Fillon in Vancouver Sun
  This is slander, this is a systematic destabilization campaign,Prime Minister Francois Fillon said. "We will not be intimidated by these methods and I want to say that those who are involved in this manhunt, or slanderous accusations,...
• Condoleezza Rice in Bloomberg
  We have made clear to the Turkish government that we continue to be concerned about anything that could lead to innocent civilian casualties or to a destabilization of the north,Rice said at a televised news conference today in Baghdad.
• President Bush in Washington Post
  The group declared that such a withdrawal would `almost certainly produce greater sectarian violence' and lead to `a significant power vacuum, greater human suffering, regional destabilization and a threat to the global economy,'Bush said,...