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Definition of: balkanize
(bôl′kən·īz) v.t. ·ized, ·iz·ing
To separate (a country) into small, dissenting political units or states, as the Balkans after World War I. Also Bal′kan·ize.
—bal′kan·i·za′tion noun
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