Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]