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View usage for: (dʒenəsaɪd) uncountable nounGenocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race. They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out. Synonyms: massacre, killing, murder, slaughter More Synonyms of genocide genocide in British English (ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd) nounthe policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group Derived forms genocidal (ˌgenoˈcidal) adjective Word origin C20: from geno-, from Greek genos race + -cidegenocide in American English (ˈdʒɛnəˌsaɪd) noun the systematic killing of, or a program of action intended to destroy, a whole national or ethnic group Derived forms genocidal (ˌgenoˈcidal) (ˌdʒɛnəˈsaɪdəl) adjective Word origin < Gr genos, race, kind (see genus) + -cide: first applied to the attempted extermination of the Jews by Nazi Germany Synonyms of 'genocide'massacre, killing, murder, slaughter More Synonyms of genocide Definition the deliberate killing of a people or nation They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out. Synonyms ethnic cleansing (euphemistic) mass murder annihilation mass slaughter Additional synonymsDefinition senseless slaughter War is simply a legalised form of butchery. Synonyms slaughter, killing, murder, massacre, bloodshed, carnage, mass murder, blood-letting, blood bath Definition extensive slaughter of people Their peaceful protest ended in carnage. Synonyms slaughter, murder, massacre, holocaust, havoc, bloodshed, shambles, mass murder, butchery, blood bath the extermination of thousands of innocent people Synonyms destruction, murder, massacre, slaughter, killing, wiping out, genocide, elimination, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), mass murder, annihilation, eradication, extirpation (formal) |