Genocide means: The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethn... Related words include killing or kill. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Genocide in practice.

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Genocide meaning

  1. The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
  2. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds.
  3. The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.

Synonyms of Genocide

race murder racial extermination killing kill putting to death

Example sentences (20)

And wouldn’t it also be time to point out that the UN Genocide Convention has far too broad a scope of interpretation?

In Australia or Canada, where there was removal of children from Indigenous groups, that has been defined as genocide.

It’s unconscionable, the support of said genocide by Israel by President Joe Biden and the majority of the U.S. Congress.

Jewish Zionist doctors have succeeded in punishing anti-genocide voices for making them “feel” uncomfortable.

It also aims to teach critical thinking skills, allowing students to recognize the warning signs that can lead to genocide.

EFF leader Julius Malema denounced claims suggesting the controversial song promotes genocide and racism.

In the case of the current crisis in Gaza, charges of genocide are now being brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

During a visit to Bucha two days later, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky described the killings of civilians as "genocide".

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If you believe that abortion is murder, such a retreat would be tantamount to allowing genocide in some localities but not others.

For his part, the PA’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, accuses Israel of carrying out “genocide” in Gaza.

Founder Hatchadoor Tulanian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide, arrived in Berkeley in 1922 on his honeymoon and decided to stay.

It is criminal, an act of genocide against billions of people in the poorest countries on Earth and an act of war against the young.

According to a contested version of history, imperial Russia opened its doors to tens of thousands of Armenians fleeing the genocide.

As for the Rwanda genocide that happened about 30yrs ago, the current hunt for perpetrators looks like a hunt for political opponents.

It is a “potential for Genocide of Armenians in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh,” Kim Kardashian wrote.

According to international law, including the 1948 Genocide Convention, these deportations may constitute genocide.

He then commits an act of genocide, murdering the Gemini Coven by stabbing himself in the neck.

He later had a son named William Rolfson/Genocide whose powerful energies consumed his body.

It stated: “We also call on the International Community to add its voice to the genocide on the Plateau which has been unabated for years.

For a country and for the people who suffered from war, from hatred, from genocide, that was a really strong political move to offer peace.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "genocide" in a sentence?
An example: "And wouldn’t it also be time to point out that the UN Genocide Convention has far too broad a scope of interpretation?" This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "genocide" from real English texts.
What does "genocide" mean?
Genocide means: The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
What are synonyms of "genocide"?
Common synonyms of "genocide" include: race murder, racial extermination, killing, kill, putting to death.
How many example sentences with "genocide" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "genocide", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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