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BALKANIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they balkanize ... he / she / it balkanizes
Past simple: balkanized
-ing form: balkanizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide a territory into small, hostile states
Synonyms:
Balkanise; Balkanize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "Balkanize" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something