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Balkanize
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Bal·kan·ize or bal·kan·ize  (bôlk-nz)
tr.v. Bal·kan·ized, Bal·kan·iz·ing, Bal·kan·iz·es
To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units.
[From the political division of the Balkans in the early 20th century.]
Balkan·i·zation n.
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Verb1.Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
Balkanise
carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
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