verb
Meanings
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verb
to make unstable; destabilize.
Unstabilize a piece of copper in that way and put it inside a rifle bullet, arranged to make a short circuit on impact.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
unstabilized
Etymology
Formed from un- + stabilize, literally "to reverse or remove stability." Stabilize derives from stable, from Latin stabilis ("firm, steadfast").