balkanize

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

• 🇩🇪Verb, das die Aufteilung einer Region oder Organisation in kleinere, oft verfeindete Einheiten bezeichnet, meist aus politischen oder strategischen Gründen.

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.

   🇩🇪In kleine verfeindete Staaten aufteilen

   Synonyme: break upcarve updismemberfragmentpartitionsplit upsubdivide

   Antonyme: associateconsolidatefederatemergeunite