verb
- to disturb or destroy the equilibrium or balance of; to throw out of balance
Usage: formal; technical
Examples
- The sudden policy change threatened to disequilibrate the entire market.
- Adding too much weight to one side will disequilibrate the scale.
- Economic shocks can disequilibrate a nation's financial system.
- The loss of a key player disequilibrated the team's defensive strategy.
- Environmental disruptions disequilibrate natural ecosystems.