| 释义 |
ethnic cleanser, n.
Brit. |ˈɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzə|, U.S. |ˈɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzər|
[‹ ethnic adj. + cleanser n., after ethnic cleansing n.]
A person who advocates, instigates, or participates in ethnic cleansing (see ethnic cleansing n.).
1992Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 30 July a6/1 Everything was normal in their city of Doboj, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, right up until the morning of May 4, when the ethnic cleansers came to town. 1997Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 Jan. a16 Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Arafat will be tested daily by fanatics... Will they allow themselves to be sabotaged by the ethnic cleansers from both sides? 2000S. J. Cimbala Nuclear Strategy in Twenty-first Cent. vi. 198 NATO's first armed and loaded deployment took place, not against the advancing armies of the Soviet Union.., but against ethnic cleansers. |