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

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

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

genocide [jen-no-side]
Noun
the deliberate killing of a people or nation [Greek genos race + Latin caedere to kill]
genocidal adj

genocide
1. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or national group.
2. an actor in this process. — genocidal, adj.
See also: Race
the killing of an entire people or of a very large number of a people. — genocidal, adj.
See also: Killing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.genocide - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life
Translations
genocide [ˈdʒɛnəusaɪd] ngenocidio

genocide [ˈdʒɛnəusaɪd] ngénocide m

genocide [ˈdʒɛnəusaɪd] nVölkermord m

genocide [ˈdʒɛnəusaɪd] ngenocidio

genocide
n genocide [ˈdʒenəsaid]
the deliberate killing of a race of people. volksmoord إبادَه جَماعِيَّه геноцид genocida folkemord der Völkermord γενοκτονία genocidio genotsiid نسل کشی kansanmurha génocide רצח עם नर संहार genocid népirtás pembantaian þjóðarmorð genocidio 集団虐殺 (한 인종의) 몰살, 말살 genocidas genocīds pembunuhan kaum genocide folkemord ludobójstwo genocídio genocid геноцид genocída genocid genocid folkmord การฆ่าล้างเผ่าพันธุ์ soykırım 種族滅絕 геноцид کسی گروہ یا قوم کو مٹانے کی مہم tội diệt chủng


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Furthermore, when the Andrew Carnegies of the world hired Pinkerton thugs to gun down striking steel workers and the like, it was never an attempt to genocidally eliminate all workers.
Thus spectacularly revealed as backward, ineffectual, and genocidally cruel--some of his later supporters actually wore "I Like Eich" buttons in tribute to executed Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann--Wallace promptly ran for president in 1964.
The catechism of the madness that soon overtook Rwanda was authored not by some African magician extolling the supremacy of the Hutu race in ancient "tribal" wars, but by accomplished Rwandan professional historians, journalists, and sociologists at the service of a quasi-traditionalist and genocidally inclined cabal.
 
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