divide and conquer (English, verb)
expansion: divide and conquer (third-person singular simple present divides and conquers, present participle dividing and conquering, simple past and past participle divided and conquered)
Senses:
glosses: To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
Forms:
form: divides and conquers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dividing and conquering
tags: participle
present
form: divided and conquered
tags: participle
past
form: divided and conquered
tags: past