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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Conquest may involve ethnic cleansing, as illustrated in the recent U.S. proposal, supported by Israel, to empty the Gaza Strip and move its population to nearby countries.
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Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
Human rights experts and organizations have called this operation an ethnic cleansing and even a genocide.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The proposal has been welcomed by Netanyahu, but derided by Palestinian and Arab leaders alike, who characterize it as ethnic cleansing.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
In 2016, following a free election that saw voters reject the junta in favor of democratic candidates, the military launched a brutal campaign against the Rohingya widely recognized as an ethnic cleansing, with thousands killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
Human rights experts and organizations have called this operation an ethnic cleansing and even a genocide.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The proposal has been welcomed by Netanyahu, but derided by Palestinian and Arab leaders alike, who characterize it as ethnic cleansing.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
In 2016, following a free election that saw voters reject the junta in favor of democratic candidates, the military launched a brutal campaign against the Rohingya widely recognized as an ethnic cleansing, with thousands killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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