Balkanize

See also: balkanize

English

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Etymology

Verb

Balkanize (third-person singular simple present Balkanizes, present participle Balkanizing, simple past and past participle Balkanized)

(transitive) To break up into small, mutually hostile units, especially on a political basis.

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Translations

to break up

Catalan: balcanitzar (ca)
Dutch: balkaniseren
Finnish: balkanisoida
French: balkaniser (fr)
German: zersplittern (de), balkanisieren (de)

Greek: βαλκανοποιώ (el) (valkanopoió)
Portuguese: balcanizar
Russian: балканизировать (balkanizirovatʹ)
Swedish: balkanisera (sv)

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