English-Spanish translations for divide and conquer

• divide y conquista
• divide y vencerás
  El motivo principal y más importante que subyace a estos problemas es el injusto principio de Stalin de "divide y vencerás". The first and most important reason behind these problems is Stalin's unjust 'divide and conquer' principle.
  «Divide y vencerás» ha sido uno de los principios rectores de la política del Kremlin durante bastante tiempo. ‘Divide and conquer’ has been one of the guiding principles of the Kremlin’s policies for some time now.
  Nos preocupa principalmente que los Estados Unidos hayan utilizado una estrategia "divide y vencerás", aparentemente, con impunidad. We are primarily concerned with the fact that the US has used a 'divide and conquer' strategy, apparently with impunity.

Definition of divide and conquer

• 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
• A strategy for achieving political or military control
• In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies

Examples

• The quicksort algorithm is an example of divide and conquer.

Related words

• divide
• dividend
• divider
• divided
• undivided
• subdivided
• subdivide
• undividedly
• divide and rule