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Meaning of STABILIZE

Pronunciation:  'steybu`lIz

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
  2. [v]  become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"
  3. [v]  support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
 
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 Synonyms: brace, stabilise, stabilise, steady
 
 Antonyms: destabilise, destabilize
 
 See Also: alter, ballast, becalm, beef up, calm, change, fortify, guy, peg, root, settle, settle down, steady, steady down, strengthen, take root

 

 

 

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