genocidal

[jen-uh-sahyd]

gen·o·cide

[jen-uh-sahyd]
noun
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Origin:
1940–45; < Greek géno(s) race + -cide

gen·o·cid·al, adjective
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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genocide (ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd)
 
n
the policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group
 
[C20: from geno-, from Greek genos race + -cide]
 
geno'cidal
 
adj

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