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- noun Alternative spelling of
destabilization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
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Examples
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The nexilin dilated cardiomyopathy allowed us for the first time to describe a new form of heart muscle dilatation and define the mechanism causing it, namely destabilisation of the Z-disk, says Dahme.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Lange, is in favour of only one "window period" being allowed a year, as he feels the current proposal of two could lead to too much political "destabilisation".
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Thursday against British "destabilisation" of its former southern
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ANC provincial spokesman Mcebisi Bata said on Monday both the provincial government and the ANC were taking the "destabilisation" attempts seriously.
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State radio reported that an attempt at "destabilisation" had been aborted by the rapid intervention at dawn by security forces.
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What the apartheid government called "Total Strategy" at home had its counterpart of "destabilisation" in neighbouring countries.
4. The National Party, Apartheid and the Anatomy of Repression in South Africa, 1948-1994 1994
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What the apartheid government called "Total Strategy" at home had its counterpart of "destabilisation" in neighbouring countries.
African National Congress Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1960
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However, the free media is under continual attack in the region for supposedly "betraying national interests", or for the timing of our reports, or accused of harbouring hidden agendas of "destabilisation".
The Guardian World News Wadah Khanfar 2011
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Israel's middle name is 'destabilisation' writ larger than human life taken illegally in international waters.
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Israel's middle name is 'destabilisation' writ larger than human life taken illegally in international waters.
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