genocide
147
7.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnəˌsaɪd/
- Offensive
:
genocidio
- If you care about humanity and want to stop genocide, we need to intervene.
- commit genocide
- stop genocide
- perpetrators of genocide
the United States could have ended this genocide right away.
- the United States could have ended this genocide right away.
- Mass murders, rapes, abduction of children, genocide.
- She said, yes, the Beijing government is engaged in genocide.
- You said, do you call the famine in Gaza an unfolding genocide?
- This is the behavior of of barbarian jihadis bent on genocide.
- State power is a necessary condition for those wars, wars and genocides.
- So there's genocide, mass rape, forcing children into the army, drugs.
- And again, remember, genocide is, is meant to be.
- Is Israel committing genocide less quick than that?
- It's an opportunity to speak on free speech and on genocide both, yes.
- So then God commits mass genocide on the planet by flooding it.
- The Ukraine committed a genocide without any evidence.
- The use of the term genocide is unbelievably pernicious.
- Being asked in a hearing is calling for genocide of the Jews harassment.
- Second of all, how about the Uyghurs and genocide that we've got to address?
Examples
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In Cambodia, a country devastated by war and genocide, a different set of challenges emerged.
Academic text (2011) -
I understand what it's like to survive a genocide and not talk about it all the time.
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You know how this should end... mass genocide the likes this town has never seen.
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Well, we thought that sitting at home while your government committed genocide and doing nothing about it, that that was violence.
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The information on the California genocide was also reported in the local newspapers.
Academic text (1999) -
But the invasion of the conquistadors and the genocide that followed put an end to their civilization.
Fiction book (1999) -
The contemporary impact of this genocide on native cultures remains horrific.
Academic text (1999) -
The UN puts the death toll of this genocide at 800,000, almost half of them children.
Synonyms
198
7.0
The violent killing of many people in a cruel way
65
8.2
A mass killing of people, often during war or attacks
38
6.7
Killing many people on purpose at the same time or in a short time
32
7.4
A complete killing or removal of a group of living things
31
9.6
Very large destruction that causes many deaths, often from fire or war
24
9.9
Forcing people of one religion or race to leave an area by violence
10
9.9
An organized violent attack against a group of people of the same race or religion often allowed by authorities
2
8.8
Killing people for political or criminal reasons
1
8.1
The very violent killing of many people
Planned killing of a whole racial or cultural group
Planned killing of a racial or cultural group to destroy them
A violent event where many people are killed and people feel deep sorrow
How Deadly
- Offensive
147
7.7
- Offensive
198
7.0
97
6.5
- Offensive
535
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
genocide = geno (opaque) = geno + cide
The meaning depends on learned classical combining forms rather than ordinary English words, so most learners will not infer it reliably from the parts.
Etymology
The word genocide comes from combining the Greek genos 'race' or 'people' and the Latin -cide 'to kill'. It was created in the 20th century to name the killing of a whole group on purpose, so genocide means that crime today.