stabilise
Prevent further change
Stabilise is the British spelling of stabilize.
To stabilise something is to make it steady or keep it from changing: The doctor worked to stabilise the patient's condition.
Economies stabilise after turbulent periods.
A stabiliser helps maintain balance or consistency—chemicals that preserve food, devices that steady cameras, or fins that keep ships upright.
Secures ships to seabed
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- reinforceAdd strength to something
bolster · shore · prop · steady · secure · fasten · mount · fix
State of balance
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- evenUniform and level
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- centeredPlaced at midpoint
poised · steady · counterbalance · calibrate · adjust · trim · keel · gyroscopic
Free from agitation
- sootheGently ease discomfort
- composeCreate or arrange
- settleReach final terms
- reassureEase someone's doubts
ground · center · pacify · tranquilize · sedate · regulate · manage · cope
Measurable life indicators
- patientAble to wait calmly
- conditionState or stipulation
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
glucose · insulin · electrolytes · fluids · transfusion · resuscitate · triage · emergency
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
reinforce · bolster · shore · prop · steady · secure · fasten · mount · fix · clamp
equilibrium
State of balance
centered · poised · steady · counterbalance · calibrate · adjust · trim · keel · gyroscopic · tightrope
calm
Free from agitation
reassure · ground · center · pacify · tranquilize · sedate · regulate · manage · cope · breathe
vital signs
Measurable life indicators
- patientAble to wait calmly
- conditionState or stipulation
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
heart rate · glucose · insulin · electrolytes · fluids · transfusion · resuscitate · triage · emergency · ICU
government
Authority over a state
ceasefire · treaty · negotiate · coalition · transition · democracy · order · unrest · crisis · conflict
currency
Medium of exchange
interest · rates · economy · fiscal · monetary · intervention · peg · devalue · float · reserve
stabilisedestabilise
Cause to become unsteady
destabilize · unsettle · upset · disrupt · undermine
- emotional stabilityResilient, even-keeled temperament
- global stabilityBalanced international conditions
- financial stabilitySound economic standing
- political stabilityEnduring, predictable state authority
- core stabilityMidsection muscular support capacity
- stability ballInflatable fitness sphere
stability, stabilize, instability, stabilizing, stabilized, stabilizes, stabilises, stabilised, stabilising