stabilise
verb/ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/
Frequency rank: #17,174 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to make or become steady and unlikely to change or collapse.
Example sentence
The government introduced new policies to stabilise the economy after the crisis.
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