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Definition of genocide in English: genocidenoun ˈdʒɛnəsʌɪdˈdʒɛnəˌsaɪd mass nounThe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group. 大屠杀（尤指种族灭绝） count noun news of genocides went unreported Example sentencesExamples - Surely one such lesson is that the denial of genocide is a dangerous and immoral thing.
- If the UN accepts that genocide is occurring, it is legally obliged to take action to stop it.
- The higher politics of the Cold War were more important than stopping Pol Pot's genocide.
- As well as mass genocide, Stalin tore thousands of families apart by exiling men to the icy wastes of Siberia.
- He is expected to report on the region next month, to try to evaluate whether genocide has taken place.
- He may be charged with genocide and the trial could start next after this case.
- Its remit is to try offences of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
- Chris makes an interesting comment on the United Nations and use of the term genocide.
- Churchill argues that the experiences of his people are nothing less than genocide.
- By guarding wide areas from swift armed advance on civilians, they can prevent genocide.
- The tragedy is made all the worse because genocide is both predictable and preventable.
- After we liberated Europe we did not come home to deny freedoms and practise genocide here.
- It is less clear, Stephen speculates, that he will be found guilty of genocide.
- We see indicators of genocide, and there is evidence that points in that direction.
- The answer to how people or states convince themselves to commit murder or genocide is complex.
- Why is it acceptable to discuss reparations for the victims of genocide in some instances but not in others?
- The report stated that much of what had been done to them was tantamount to genocide.
- The perpetrators of genocide were no different from those who did not participate in the bloodletting.
- They want him deported to Vilnius, the city of his birth, to stand trial for genocide.
- Racism and extreme nationalism, which live on in our new century, do not always lead to genocide.
Synonyms racial killing, massacre, wholesale slaughter, mass slaughter, wholesale killing, indiscriminate killing mass murder, mass homicide, mass destruction, annihilation, extermination, elimination, liquidation, eradication, decimation, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting pogrom, ethnic cleansing, holocaust, Shoah literary slaying rare battue, hecatomb
Origin1940s: from Greek genos 'race' + -cide. Definition of genocide in US English: genocidenounˈjenəˌsīdˈdʒɛnəˌsaɪd The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. 大屠杀（尤指种族灭绝） count noun news of genocides went unreported Example sentencesExamples - Surely one such lesson is that the denial of genocide is a dangerous and immoral thing.
- By guarding wide areas from swift armed advance on civilians, they can prevent genocide.
- Churchill argues that the experiences of his people are nothing less than genocide.
- Why is it acceptable to discuss reparations for the victims of genocide in some instances but not in others?
- They want him deported to Vilnius, the city of his birth, to stand trial for genocide.
- If the UN accepts that genocide is occurring, it is legally obliged to take action to stop it.
- Chris makes an interesting comment on the United Nations and use of the term genocide.
- He is expected to report on the region next month, to try to evaluate whether genocide has taken place.
- We see indicators of genocide, and there is evidence that points in that direction.
- It is less clear, Stephen speculates, that he will be found guilty of genocide.
- The report stated that much of what had been done to them was tantamount to genocide.
- The tragedy is made all the worse because genocide is both predictable and preventable.
- He may be charged with genocide and the trial could start next after this case.
- The answer to how people or states convince themselves to commit murder or genocide is complex.
- After we liberated Europe we did not come home to deny freedoms and practise genocide here.
- The higher politics of the Cold War were more important than stopping Pol Pot's genocide.
- The perpetrators of genocide were no different from those who did not participate in the bloodletting.
- Its remit is to try offences of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
- Racism and extreme nationalism, which live on in our new century, do not always lead to genocide.
- As well as mass genocide, Stalin tore thousands of families apart by exiling men to the icy wastes of Siberia.
Synonyms racial killing, massacre, wholesale slaughter, mass slaughter, wholesale killing, indiscriminate killing
Origin1940s: from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide. |