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genocidal

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gen·o·cide  (jn-sd)
n.
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.

[Greek genos, race; see gen- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]

geno·cidal (-sdl) adj.
geno·cidal·ly adv.

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Chapters examine the annihilation of books and libraries as tactic of political or ethnic protest, and move on to explore the execution and aftermath of libricidal, homicidal, and genocidal conflicts in Germany, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, India, and more.
Chapters examine the annihilation of books and libraries as tactic of political or ethnic protest, and move on to explore the execution and aftermath of libricidal, homicidal, and genocidal conflicts in Germany, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, India, and more.
After centuries of peaceful coexistence with other groups, the Ibandi face possible annihilation at the hands of the Herculean, genocidal Mk*tk.
 
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