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BALKANISE

• BALKANISE (verb)
The verb BALKANISE has 1 sense:

1. divide a territory into small, hostile states

Familiarity information: BALKANISE used as a verb is very rare.

• BALKANISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Divide a territory into small, hostile states

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

Balkanise; Balkanize

Hypernyms (to "Balkanise" is one way to...):

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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(English proverb)
"The word of the old, and the gun of the young."
(Albanian proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of dissever
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Pronunciation of split up
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Pronunciation of split

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