genocide
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, nationality, or similar grounds.
A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.
Đồng nghĩa: genticide
- 2.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)(by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
linguistic genocide
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(video games) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player in roguelikes.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.
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thumb|1949 CBS interview with Raphael Lemkin describing how he became interested in coining the term genocide