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Verb: Balkanize  'bol-ku,nIz
  1. Divide a territory into small, hostile states
    "The conflict threatened to Balkanize the region";
    - Balkanise [Brit]

Derived forms: Balkanized, Balkanizing, Balkanizes

Type of: carve up, dissever [rare], divide, separate, split, split up

Encyclopedia: Balkanize