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[ verb ] divide a territory into small, hostile states
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Wallace, "This Is the Way It Came About"...)First , there were those Congolese ( among them Joseph_Kasavubu ) who favored splitting the country into small independent states , Balkanizing it . There was no directive for it - the Security_Council 's resolution had not mentioned political matters , and in_any_case the United_Nations by the terms of its charter may_not interfere in the political affairs of any nation , whether to unify it , federalize it or Balkanize it . Related terms |
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