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balkanise::verb | Spocien Dictionary

balkanise
verb
/'bɔlkə,naɪz/
divide a territory into small, hostile states
Type Words
Synonyms balkanize
Type of carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up

Examples of balkanise

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Ever noticed the eagerness to balkanise post communist eastern Europe a few years ago ?
From the guardian.co.uk
Competing domain-name systems would probably balkanise cyberspace.
From the economist.com
Sun Microsystems-Java's inventor-is suing Microsoft for attempting to balkanise Java into different versions.
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It will also tend to balkanise the race.
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They suggest that complex market relationships, comprised of myriad rights deals and varyingly compatible technical standards, can fragment and balkanise a marketplace.
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LeafTensor is a decentralized system.