stabilize
To make stable.
Example
“Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.”
Other meanings
To become stable.
“The country will stabilize after the next election ends.”
Related words
- destabilize
- gyrostabilize
- hyperstabilize
- overstabilize
- photostabilize
- phytostabilize
- prestabilize
- restabilize
- stabilizability
- stabilizable
- thermostabilize
- nonstabilized
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “stabilize” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.