destabilising
Throwing off balance
Destabilising is the British spelling of destabilizing—making something unstable or undermining its equilibrium.
Governments can be destabilised by economic crises or coups.
Relationships are destabilised by betrayal.
The revelations had a destabilising effect on the coalition.
The word often appears in political and economic contexts where stability is prized.
Unstably balanced, nearly falling
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
- imbalanceLack of proportion
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- toppleCause to fall
lurch · sway · unsteady · precarious · shaky · off-balance · tip · teeter
Abrupt seizure of power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
sedition · mutiny · regime change · insurgency · unrest · agitation · protest · riot
Weaken by stealth
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- treasonBetraying one's nation
betrayal · subterfuge · manipulate · propaganda · deception · erode · weaken · compromise
teetering
Unstably balanced, nearly falling
topple · lurch · sway · unsteady · precarious · shaky · off-balance · tip · teeter · rock
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
revolution · sedition · mutiny · regime change · insurgency · unrest · agitation · protest · riot · dissent
undermine
Weaken by stealth
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
treason · betrayal · subterfuge · manipulate · propaganda · deception · erode · weaken · compromise · discredit
enfeeble
Make feeble or frail
- debilitateTo make weak
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- impairTo diminish or damage
attenuate · erode · dilute · enervate · degrade · diminish · compromise · deplete · exhaust · cripple
shakeup
Radical reorganization
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
overturn · dismantle · reconfigure · unsettle · dislocate · interrupt · interfere · obstruct · impede · derail
destabilisingstabilising
Making less likely to shift
stabilizing · steadying · anchoring · balancing · grounding
destabilisingordering
Placing in sequence
organising · structuring · regulating · systematising · harmonising
destabilisingstrengthening
Increasing power or solidity
reinforcing · fortifying · consolidating · securing · bolstering
stable, stability, unstable, stabilize, instability, stabilizer, destabilize, stabilized, stably