to restabilize
- verb
- /ˌriːˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/
- US
- The government introduced new policies aimed to restabilize the economy after the financial crisis.
Examples
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We've been trying to restabilize it, but it doesn't want to cooperate.
Fiction book (1998) -
According to Patrick Mazza at Climate Solutions, "The odds for restabilizing the climate ... would be vanishingly small without full participation by the billions of the developing world."
Academic text (2000) -
Third, governments and formal-sector employers have in some instances sought to restabilize labor relations by instituting union-based collective bargaining and other forms of employee consultation and representation.
Academic text (2003) -
In place of it (and keeping relevant, thank you), consider an alternate post-Dominion War scenario: societies trying to rebuild and restabilize, people tired of fighting, a general malaise setting in—sound familiar?
Blog text (8) -
After the earthquake, engineers worked quickly to restabilize the damaged buildings to prevent further collapse.
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Our team is developing strategies to restabilize the environmental conditions in the affected areas.
Synonyms
To change something so its parts or amounts become more even
To make something firm and strong again after it is damaged
Antonyms
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restabilize combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' and stable meaning 'steady' or 'firm'. So, to restabilize something is to 'make it steady again' after a problem, damage, or disorder.