genocide
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geno·cide
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Definition of genocide
: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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Other Words from genocide
genocidal
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of genocide in a Sentence
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The curfew, crackdown & impending genocide of Kashmiris in IOK is unfolding exactly acc to RSS ideology inspired by Nazi ideology. — Helen Regan And Sophia Saifi, CNN, "Pakistan's Imran Khan likens India's actions in Kashmir to Nazism," 12 Aug. 2019 Ellen, who plays Jenny, her parents are actually survivors of the Cambodian genocide. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "GLOW's Jackie Tohn reveals personal connection to THAT season 3 episode," 10 Aug. 2019 The genocide of the indigenous population of North America was not ever covered in our home-schooling. — NBC News, "Organizer's gay son opposes 'Straight Pride' event," 6 Aug. 2019 In a statement posted to his Twitter and Facebook accounts, Obama warned that such language has been at the root of most human tragedy, from slavery to the Holocaust to Rwandan genocide. — Author: Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, "Analysis: When a divisive leader aims to act as the nation’s healer after mass shootings," 6 Aug. 2019 As Sheri Rosenberg observed in a 2012 article, genocide is a process, not an event. — Nadia Murad, Twin Cities, "Nadia Murad: The genocide against the Yazidi continues," 4 Aug. 2019 All of these people have fully embraced the hashtag-white-genocide panic mindset. — Lucy Steigerwald, The New Republic, "Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future," 29 July 2019 This one, at least, seems more interesting, as it’s based around a real story about a mission that saved Ethiopian refugees from genocide. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "New trailers: It Chapter 2, The King’s Man, Top Gun: Maverick, and more," 20 July 2019 Nearly two million Rwandans fled during the genocide that took some 800,000 lives in 1994. — National Geographic, "PLEASE SIGN UP TO CONTINUE READING," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'genocide.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for genocide
genocide
noun
English Language Learners Definition of genocide
: the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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genocide
noun
geno·cide
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Medical Definition of genocide
: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group — compare homicide
Other Words from genocide
genocidal
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adjective
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adjective
genocide
noun
geno·cide
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Legal Definition of genocide
: acts committed with intent to partially or wholly destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
also
: the crime of committing such an act
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