ethnic cleansing
noun
: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity
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The relocation plan is seen by Jordan as an existential threat to the small kingdom, a death knell for hopes of an eventual Palestinian state and tantamount to complicity in ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 20 June 2025
Would Israel now suffice with the attack on Iran to let go of Gaza or, on the contrary, use the defeat of the axis of resistance to conclude the occupation of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
That move is narrated as sinister—the step before ethnic cleansing—but preparatory.
—David Renton
may 12, Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 20 June 2025
Would Israel now suffice with the attack on Iran to let go of Gaza or, on the contrary, use the defeat of the axis of resistance to conclude the occupation of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
That move is narrated as sinister—the step before ethnic cleansing—but preparatory.
—David Renton
may 12, Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for ethnic cleansing
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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