English-Swedish translations for divide and conquer

• söndra och härska

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