genocides in English

noun

1

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

The answer to how people or states convince themselves to commit murder or genocide is complex.

synonyms: mass murder, mass homicide, massacre, annihilation, extermination, elimination, liquidation, eradication, decimation, butchery, bloodletting, pogrom, ethnic cleansing, holocaust

noun

• mass murder, mass homicide, massacre, annihilation, extermination, elimination, liquidation, eradication, decimation, butchery, bloodletting, pogrom, ethnic cleansing, holocaust
• race murder

Use "genocides" in a sentence

1. Remember the wars and genocides our generation has seen.

2. as if there aren't entire volumes full of fact sheets about our genocides,

3. Many doubt the existence of God because of the tragic results of genocides, such as the one in Rwanda

4. For centuries religion has played a prime role in promoting or supporting nationalistic hatred, wars, and genocides.

5. Many doubt the existence of God because of the tragic results of genocides, such as the one in Rwanda

6. Monitoring Regional Issues.Attestations of the Amhara Genocide and Ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia The 20th and the 21st centuries have been marked by extreme violence and genocides globally.

7. It teaches students about the Holocaust as it Contextualises the Survivor Testimony and references subsequent genocides and identifies suffering where the victims are selected on the basis of being ‘different’ or ‘other’.

8. Because few of the many Bloodbaths that occurred in the twentieth century Middle East qualify as genocides under the UN’s legal definition, the field of genocide studies has largely excluded the Middle East as a subject of analysis

9. Well, the Vatican should shut up; it's quick enough to condemn Jews for defensive action but I seem to recall was utterly silent during one of the worst genocides of the Twentieth Century (and is now actively trying to 'Canonise' the one responsible for that so that he could achieve greater Vatican control of its German churches) hadrian