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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of balkanise.

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Examples

  • Nkrumah's works are replete with warnings about the limits of what small 'balkanised' African countries can do on their own.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • So, if this process of mass immigration continues at its present rate, we shall soon be faced with a country balkanised by fragments of cultures from around the globe, all demanding their own segment of political power.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • With NWFP, Balochistan and Karachi all teetering at the edge, the US has a once in a generation opportunity to turn Pakistan into a balkanised hell hole.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Patrick Vessey 2008

  • With NWFP, Balochistan and Karachi all teetering at the edge, the US has a once in a generation opportunity to turn Pakistan into a balkanised hell hole.

    Pakistan The Next US Target Patrick Vessey 2008

  • Any of this is a better option than the current situation where England is being balkanised out of existence and ruled by the EU.

    Roy Hattersley in Good Article Shock 2006

  • The group would not continue to accept a situation where "the Ijaws are balkanised in some states in the country."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • There is no guarantee that we would have not had greater repression, and even a fascist balkanised white enclave in part of the territory of South Africa, similar to Israel.

    CONTENTS 2007

  • The "Drone regions" are a balkanised mess, and dont seem to play a large role in the politics of the game.

    NBSI and the grey problem 2007

  • There is no guarantee that we would have not had greater repression, and even a fascist balkanised white enclave in part of the territory of South Africa, similar to Israel.

    Have we failed the Party? 2007

  • All South Africans to live in the same country and territory, not in a balkanised South Africa, not in a constellation of bantustans or 'volkstate'.

    ANC Today 2005

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