balkanize

A verb meaning to divide a region or organization into smaller, often mutually hostile units, typically for political or strategic purposes.

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1. Divide into small, hostile states C1 formal political

   To divide a region or territory into smaller, often mutually hostile political units.

   • The empire was Balkanized after the war, leading to decades of conflict.
   • Some analysts fear that the region could be Balkanized along ethnic lines.
   • The peace treaty inadvertently Balkanized the country into several weak states.

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   المرادفات: break upcarve updismemberfragmentpartitionsplit upsubdivide

   الأضداد: associateconsolidatefederatemergeunite