What does destabilise mean?
Destabilise means (transitive) To make something unstable..
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/diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) To make something unstable..
The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.
Use destabilise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Destabilise means (transitive) To make something unstable..
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The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.
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