<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>Bal·kan·ized</li><li>Bal·kan·iz·ing</li><li>to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.</li><li>(often lowercase) to divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions: a movement to balkanize minority voters.</li></ul></li></ul>