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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Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
And moreover that there are people in his government who may want ethnic cleansing or whatever else?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
All Arab states have rejected the plan, and Hamas has called it ethnic cleansing.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
Beijing erupted in fury when Radio Free Asia exposed its ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs and COVID coverups.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
And moreover that there are people in his government who may want ethnic cleansing or whatever else?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
All Arab states have rejected the plan, and Hamas has called it ethnic cleansing.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
Beijing erupted in fury when Radio Free Asia exposed its ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs and COVID coverups.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 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 18 Jun. 2025.
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