Usage Note
Déstabiliser is used in political, psychological, and structural contexts: a government can be destabilised, but so can a person's confidence or a building's foundations. The reflexive se déstabiliser means to lose one's footing (mentally or physically). The opposite process is captured by stabiliser.
Examples
"Ce scandale a déstabilisé le gouvernement."
Natural Translation
This scandal destabilised the government.

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