genocide

Genocide is the killing or attempted killing of an entire people belonging to the same race, religion or nation. (noun)

An example of genocide is the Holocaust during which Hitler commanded the Nazi regime to kill Jews.

See genocide in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the systematic killing of, or a program of action intended to destroy, a whole national or ethnic group

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See genocide in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(jĕnˈə-sīdˌ)

noun

The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

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