Definition of "genocide"

genocide

/ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural genocides
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.
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  For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide.
  1944, November, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, "Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress", chapter 9, page 79
  Shaddam IV: I want fifty legion of Sardaukar on Arrakis at once!Subordinate: Fifty legions? That's our entire reserves as well.Shaddam IV: This is genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of all life on Arrakis!
  1984, 1:49:22 from the start, in Dune‎ (Science Fiction), spoken by Shaddam IV
  Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
  2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, page x
2. (by extension) The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds.
3. (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
  Quotations
  Native Americans in the twentieth century are no longer a "vanishing race" or a silent minority. They have survived centuries of cultural genocide inflicted on them by non-Native Americans— both the well-meaning and the self-seeking— […]
  1986, James Stuart Olson, Raymond Wilson, Native Americans in the Twentieth Century
4. (video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.
  Quotations
  I used genocide in my first ascension, but have been genocideless ever since. Makes the game much more interesting, but then again, if one hasn't ascended yet, it will be interesting anyway.
  2000, Kimmo Kasila, “Arch lich at Minetown bones, Help!”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)
verb
third-person singular simple present genocides, present participle genociding, simple past and past participle genocided
1. (transitive) To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.
  Quotations
  Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's [...]
  1986, Oversight of the Board for International Broadcasting: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, second session, June 17, 1986, volume 4, page 145
  A clue appears in the Nazis finding the Gypsies dirty and disorderly (for not only Jews were genocided).
  2006, Get 'Em All! Kill 'Em!: Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities‎, page 8
  You just know it makes much more sense to encourage brutal governments to buy our WMD technology than to get them to put food in the empty bellies of their people or quit genociding the populace.
  2007, War on Truth: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq‎, page 66
  It is unlikely that Sulla succeeded in genociding the Samnites, since their mountains offered many refuges, but in subsequent centuries the Samnites disappeared, being absorbed into the general population of Italy.
  2016, Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia‎, page 1193

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