balkanize

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

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa dividir uma região, país ou organização em unidades menores e frequentemente hostis entre si, geralmente por motivos políticos ou estratégicos.

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.

   🇵🇹Dividir em pequenos Estados hostis

   Sinônimos: break upcarve updismemberfragmentpartitionsplit upsubdivide

   Antônimos: associateconsolidatefederatemergeunite