1. Balkanize something to divide a region into smaller regions which are aggressive or unfriendly towards each other
   • (figurative)
     ● These competing political agendas are ready to balkanize public education.
   Word Origin1920s: from Balkan Peninsula (where this was done in the late 19th and early 20th cent.) + -ize.

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