Balkanise

Balkanise
verb
divide a territory into small, hostile states
Syn: ↑Balkanize
Hypernyms: ↑divide, ↑split, ↑split up, ↑separate, ↑dissever, ↑carve up
Verb Frames:
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Balˈkanize or Balˈkanise transitive verb
(also without cap) to reduce to the condition of the Balkan peninsula, which was divided in the late 19th and early 20th centuries into a number of mutually hostile territories
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