genocide
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
Origin of genocide
1Other words from genocide
- gen·o·cid·al, adjective
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How to use genocide in a sentence
This was in the wake of the genocidal Hutu-Tutsi war in neighboring Rwanda.
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHamas, the militant Islamist wing that wields political power in Gaza, is the organization most often accused of being genocidal.
The Blogger Who Offered an Argument for Palestinian Genocide | Gideon Resnick | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd let's not fool ourselves about Iran's genocidal posture toward Israel even post-Ahmadinejad.
Sheldon Adelson’s ‘Bomb Empty Iranian Desert’ Comment | Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy should old men and women sleep easy in their beds if there is enough evidence to convict them of terrible, genocidal crimes?
Old Nazis May Be Dying Off But Nazi Hunting Continues to Thrive | Guy Walters | August 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Aché, for example, had suffered generations of genocidal attacks and slavery.
Savaging Primitives: Why Jared Diamond’s ‘The World Until Yesterday’ Is Completely Wrong | Stephen Corry | January 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
We do not want to use genocidal weapons of mass destruction against the world of our birth.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for genocide
/ (ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd) /
the policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group
Origin of genocide
1Derived forms of genocide
- genocidal, adjective
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Cultural definitions for genocide
[ (jen-uh-seyed) ]
The deliberate destruction of an entire race or nation. The Holocaust conducted by the Nazis in Germany and the Rwandan genocide are examples of attempts at genocide.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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