genocide

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/ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/ English

Definitions

noun

The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.“A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.”
(by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.

verb

To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.

Related words

Synonyms

genticide race murder racial extermination massacre extermination annihilation extinction eradication carnage collective holocaust slaughter rwandan rwanda mass murder ethnic cleansing ethnocide

Associated

srebrenica hutu tutsi genocidal kigali cleansing armenian complicity perpetrated denial

Rhymes

abide stride snide chide deride provide glide preoccupied gratified dignified

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