"Balkanize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Balkanize
Etymology: : Balkanize < Balkan + -ize
  1. βαλκανοποιώ
    Sense id: el-Balkanize-en-verb-FdN1~85q Categories (other): Πολιτική (αγγλικά)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Balkanise, balkanise, balkanize
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