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Noun: genocide  'jen-u,sId
  1. The systematic killing of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, etc.
    - race murder, racial extermination

Derived forms: genocides

Type of: kill, killing, putting to death

Encyclopedia: Genocide, sovereignty, treaty

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