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stabilize

 verb
     
sta‧bil‧ize also stabilise British English [intransitive and transitive]
to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something firm or steady [↪ stable]:
The patient's condition has now stabilized.
an attempt to stabilize the economy
—stabilization noun [uncountable]
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