Usually means: Control by separating and conquering.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word divide and rule:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. divide and rule: Merriam-Webster
  2. divide and rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. divide and rule: Wiktionary
  4. Divide and Rule (collection), Divide and Rule, Divide and rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Divide and rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Divide and rule: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Divide and rule: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Divide and rule: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. Divide and rule: Idioms

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verb:  (politics) Synonym of divide and conquer

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