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v. to divide a territory into small, hostile states.
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v. divide a territory into small, hostile states
Word Usage
""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.""