genocides

noun

plural of genocide
as in massacres
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

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Recent Examples of genocides In what would become one of the largest genocides in Europe since World War II, Bosnian Serb forces began an attack on the Bosniak ethnic group in the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. — USA Today, 24 June 2026 Holocaust survivors and local Palm Beach County students joined together for the Legacy of Impact event hosted by inSIGHT Through Education, a program that encourages kindness by using lessons learned from the Holocaust and genocides worldwide. — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Most genocides begin with extraordinarily compelling stories—ones that transform neighbors and friends into interlopers, invaders, infections, and infestations. — Sayantani Dasgupta february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 Thus could Samantha Power berate American governments for their failure to intervene in genocides everywhere. — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 Those who level this charge cheapen the very meaning of genocide and dishonor the victims of actual genocides throughout history. — Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025 Solve world hunger and starvation and famines and genocides. — Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025 Holocaust Memorial Day honors the six million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the millions killed under Nazi persecution and later genocides around the world. — Janine Henni, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025 Yet, genocides and atrocities have continued in Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur, Sudan, and Ukraine. — Irwin Cotler, TIME, 26 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genocides
  1. massacres
  2. pogroms
  3. bloodbaths
  4. slaughters
Noun
  • Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Like many other Jewish Americans, the retiree believes Israel is an essential refuge against the possible repetition of large-scale massacres of Jewish people, like the Holocaust, especially as concern about antisemitism rises among Jewish adults.
    — Giovanna Dell’Orto, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of massacres
Noun
  • Anti-Jewish riots, or pogroms, swept Russia in the late 19th century.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Later in the 19th century, pogroms across Eastern Europe and the aftermath of Italian reunification drove a surge of migration to the United States.
    — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of pogroms
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  • Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of bloodbaths
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  • By the eighth century, Charlemagne was organizing mass slaughters of the animal while the Church, wary of its earlier status as living god, denounced the bear as lewd, noting its disturbing resemblance to humans.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of slaughters

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