Associations to the word «Balkanize»

Wiktionary

BALKANIZE, verb. To break up into small, mutually hostile units, especially political units.
BALKANIZE, verb. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize

Dictionary definition

BALKANIZE, verb. Divide a territory into small, hostile states.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats