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Balkanize
Bal·kan·ize or bal·kan·ize (bôl′kə-nīz′)tr.v. Bal·kan·ized, Bal·kan·iz·ing, Bal·kan·iz·es or bal·kan·ized or bal·kan·iz·ing or bal·kan·iz·es 1. To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units.2. To divide (an organization or system) into small, incompatible units: changes that would Balkanize the corporation.
[From the political division of the Balkan countries in the early 20th century.]
Bal′kan·i·za′tion n.Balkanize (ˈbɔːlkəˌnaɪz) or Balkanisevb1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to divide (a territory) into small warring states2. to divide (a group or organization) into small factions ˌBalkaniˈzation, ˌBalkaniˈsation n ˈBalkaˌnized, ˈBalkaˌnised adjBal•kan•ize (ˈbɔl kəˌnaɪz)
v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, often quarrelsome states. [1915–20] Bal`kan•i•za′tion, n. Balkanize
Past participle: Balkanized
Gerund: Balkanizing
| Imperative |
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| Balkanize | | Balkanize |
| Present |
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| I Balkanize | | you Balkanize | | he/she/it Balkanizes | | we Balkanize | | you Balkanize | | they Balkanize |
| Preterite |
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| I Balkanized | | you Balkanized | | he/she/it Balkanized | | we Balkanized | | you Balkanized | | they Balkanized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am Balkanizing | | you are Balkanizing | | he/she/it is Balkanizing | | we are Balkanizing | | you are Balkanizing | | they are Balkanizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have Balkanized | | you have Balkanized | | he/she/it has Balkanized | | we have Balkanized | | you have Balkanized | | they have Balkanized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was Balkanizing | | you were Balkanizing | | he/she/it was Balkanizing | | we were Balkanizing | | you were Balkanizing | | they were Balkanizing |
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| I had Balkanized | | you had Balkanized | | he/she/it had Balkanized | | we had Balkanized | | you had Balkanized | | they had Balkanized |
| Future |
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| I will Balkanize | | you will Balkanize | | he/she/it will Balkanize | | we will Balkanize | | you will Balkanize | | they will Balkanize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have Balkanized | | you will have Balkanized | | he/she/it will have Balkanized | | we will have Balkanized | | you will have Balkanized | | they will have Balkanized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be Balkanizing | | you will be Balkanizing | | he/she/it will be Balkanizing | | we will be Balkanizing | | you will be Balkanizing | | they will be Balkanizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been Balkanizing | | you have been Balkanizing | | he/she/it has been Balkanizing | | we have been Balkanizing | | you have been Balkanizing | | they have been Balkanizing |
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| I will have been Balkanizing | | you will have been Balkanizing | | he/she/it will have been Balkanizing | | we will have been Balkanizing | | you will have been Balkanizing | | they will have been Balkanizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been Balkanizing | | you had been Balkanizing | | he/she/it had been Balkanizing | | we had been Balkanizing | | you had been Balkanizing | | they had been Balkanizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would Balkanize | | you would Balkanize | | he/she/it would Balkanize | | we would Balkanize | | you would Balkanize | | they would Balkanize |
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| I would have Balkanized | | you would have Balkanized | | he/she/it would have Balkanized | | we would have Balkanized | | you would have Balkanized | | they would have Balkanized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile statesBalkanisecarve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
TranslationsMedicalSeeBalkanizationBalkanize
Related to Balkanize: BalkaniseSynonyms for Balkanizeverb divide a territory into small, hostile statesSynonymsRelated Words- carve up
- dissever
- divide
- split
- split up
- separate
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