See Balkanize on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 83:",
"text": "The Pentagon and the CIA were being Balkanized, partially dismantled, and a Congressional investigation had focused on Screaming Fist.",
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"(transitive) To break up into small, mutually-hostile units, especially on a political basis."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to break up",
"word": "balcanitzar"
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"sense": "to break up",
"word": "balkanisieren"
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"roman": "valkanopoió",
"sense": "to break up",
"word": "βαλκανοποιώ"
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"sense": "to break up",
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"sense": "to break up",
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"sense": "to break up",
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"sense": "to break up",
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"sense": "to break up",
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"sense": "to break up",
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