genocidenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdʒen.ə.saɪd/us/ˈdʒen.ə.saɪd/the murder of a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race, or religious group:
victims of genocide
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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genocidal
adjective uk/ˌdʒen.əˈsaɪ.dəl/us/ˌdʒen.əˈsaɪ.dəl/
a genocidal war/regime