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stabilize

 
Verb stabilize has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun stabilization1, noun stabilizer1, noun stabilizer2, noun stabilizer3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun stabilization2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. stabilize, stabilise - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"
    --3 is one way to change
    Antonyms: destabilize, destabilise
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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