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Divide and conquer
Meaning
Verb
●
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.
Noun
●
A
strategy
for
achieving
political or
military
control.
●
In Computer science:
An
algorithm
design
technique
that
solves
a problem by
splitting
it
recursively
into
smaller
problems until
all of
the
remaining
problems are trivial.
Proverb
●
In order to
rule
securely
, do not
allow
alliances
between your enemies.
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