destabilization

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destabilization - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  destabilization
      n 1: an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or
           aircraft)
      2: the action of destabilizing; making something less stable
         (especially of a government or country or economy) [syn:
         destabilization, destabilisation] [ant: stabilisation,
         stabilization]