balkanise

• 动词，指将一个地区或领土分割成更小、往往彼此敌对的单位，通常出于政治或战略目的。

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

1. Divide into small hostile statesC1formalpolitical

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

   使巴尔干化

   • The empire was Balkanised after the war, leading to decades of conflict.
   • Some critics argue that the policy will Balkanise the country into separate factions.
   • The peace treaty inadvertently Balkanised the region, creating several small, unstable states.

   同义词break upcarve updismemberdividefragmentpartitionseparatesplit up

   反义词consolidateintegratemergeunite