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stabilize
[ stey-buh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity:
The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
- Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.
verb (used without object)
- to become stabilized.
stabilize
/ ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz /
verb
- to make or become stable or more stable
- to keep or be kept stable
- to put or keep (an aircraft, vessel, etc) in equilibrium by one or more special devices, or (of an aircraft, vessel, etc) to become stable
Derived Forms
- ˌstabiliˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- re·stabi·lize verb (used with object) restabilized restabilizing
- self-stabi·lized adjective
- self-stabi·lizing adjective
- un·stabi·lized adjective
- un·stabi·lizing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stabilize1
Example Sentences
This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.
And if he can stabilize this sliver of the country, it could prevent another devastating war.
It's going to require us to stabilize Syria in some fashion.
He says again and again that he hopes Russia will cooperate to stabilize the situation in Ukraine.
In the delicate efforts to stabilize Ukraine that lie ahead, shale gas will not be very important over the short term.
This doubtless tended to eliminate cut-throat competition and thus stabilize the industry.
Secretary Redfield undertook to stabilize prices by arbitrarily fixing them.
After the nitration, the acid is removed and the nitrocotton boiled up in water to stabilize it.
Yet it is plain that the effect of these dinners was to stabilize prices for steel.
Could he have simply claimed to have done so in an effort to stabilize his own power?
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