genocide

noun

geno·cide ˈje-nə-ˌsīd

Synonyms of genocide next

: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

genocidal

ˌje-nə-ˈsī-dᵊl

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web A few days before leaving office, Trump administration officials accused China of committing genocide against the Uyghurs – a Muslim ethnic minority group of people who predominantly live in China’s northwest. —

Carla Martinez Machain, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023 The British committed genocide against the indigenous people of North America, for example.... —

Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023 After the war ended in 1996, a government commission acknowledged that military and police forces originally trained and financed by the United States had committed genocide against Guatemala’s majority-Maya population. —

Larry Rohter, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023 Last year, officials acknowledged for the first time that their country committed genocide during its occupation of what is now Namibia, in southwest Africa. —

Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022 The Panel further found that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity, war crimes and incitement to commit genocide. —

Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 16 July 2022 Asked Sunday whether Russian troops were committing genocide, Blinken didn't go as far as Zelensky. —

Paul Leblanc, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022 Such swarms could, in theory, be used to kill everyone in a certain area, or to commit genocide, killing everyone with certain ethnic features, or even use facial recognition to assassinate specific individuals. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2022 Ankara contests the figures and denies the killings were systematic or constitute a genocide. —

Fox News, 6 Feb. 2023 See More

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