genocide
genocide
Definition
geno·cide (jen′ə sīd′)
gen′o·ci′·dal (-sīd′'l) adjective
genocide
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- commit: Whether we go to war or commit genocide is a choice, too.
- perpetrate: The media's claim that the Srebrenica massacre was an act of genocide perpetrated by the Serbs is a lie.
- halt: This is the role of war, or at least of organized military force, in halting genocide and other violence against civilians.
- constitute: Nevertheless, 2000 casualties on both sides during a civil war do not constitute genocide.
- prevent: But we are the future; we can prevent genocide if we choose to take a stand.
- stop: This site's sole purpose is to try to save lives by helping stop the genocide in Darfur.
Preposition: against
- Kurd: He faces charge relating to alleged genocide against the Kurds.
Adjective modifier
- Rwandan: The film tells the true story of a hotel manager who saved people from the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
- Armenian: This sequence of events enabled the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide to muddy the waters.
- Nazi: The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution.
- Cambodian: There is also a dearth of creative talent in the wake of the Cambodian genocide.
- attempted: Horton argues that there is a strong case to be made for charging Burma's regime with genocide or at least attempted genocide.
- committed: But the leaders of Turkey committed genocide against the Armenians.
Modifies a noun
- survivor: Rwanda: The background, DFID in Rwanda, Story of a genocide survivor.
- memorial: The victims and survivors: haunting images of the dead laid out at the genocide memorial at Murambi.
- convention: His campaign came to an end when the genocide convention was accepted in 1986.
- trial: Bosnian Serbs face genocide trial Seven Bosnian Serbs go on trial at The Hague, most facing genocide charges over the Srebrenica massacre.
- charge: There is no statue of limitations on genocide charges, the Scotsman said.
Noun used with modifier
- Rwandan: Equally, a prime opportunity for information warfare was missed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Preposition: of
- century: I mean, the argument could be made that the genocide was perhaps the most well-documented genocide of the 20th century.
genocide Quotes
A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.
