Definition of "balkanize" [balkanize]

• Alternative capitalization of Balkanize (verb)

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• ""Thus, if discrimination were to 'balkanize' the Internet and reduce the size of many network communities using various applications by similar amounts, the costs in terms of lost surplus from network externalities could be very large.""
• "This is the problem whenever you try to balkanize relationships -- this is why I'm anti-boycott."
• "" If leaks cause U.S. officials to " lock down internally and to balkanize, " they will " cease to be as efficient as they were."