- stabilizing, stabilising - causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"
Antonym: unhelpful (indirect, via helpful)
- stabilize, stabilise - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: destabilize, destabilise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stabilization1, noun stabilizer1, noun stabilizer2, noun stabilizer3
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- brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise - support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
--2 is one way to strengthen, beef up, fortify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stabilization2
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- stabilize, stabilise - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"
--3 is one way to change
Antonyms: destabilize, destabilise
Sample sentences:
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