balkanize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Balkanize
    v 1: divide a territory into small, hostile states [syn:
         {Balkanize}, {Balkanise}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
balkanize \balkanize\ v.
   1. to divide a territory into small, hostile states.
      [WordNet 1.5]
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