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the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of genocide was in 1944
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