Genocidal
adjective
Relating to or involving the deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nationality or ethnic group.
The documentary outlined the genocidal acts committed during the war.
Often appears as...
- genocidal campaign
- genocidal atrocities
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Relating to or involving the deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nationality or ethnic group.
The documentary outlined the genocidal acts committed during the war.
Often appears as...
- genocidal campaign
- genocidal atrocities
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
The term 'genocidal' carries a very strong negative emotion and is associated with horrific events.
The leader was charged with genocidal crimes.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
'Genocidal' is often used in historical contexts, referencing specific events like the Holocaust.
Historians describe the Holocaust as a genocidal tragedy.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
'Genocidal' is formal and used in serious discussions, especially in academic or legal settings.
The tribunal focused on the regime's genocidal policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
The term 'genocidal' carries a very strong negative emotion and is associated with horrific events.
The leader was charged with genocidal crimes.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
'Genocidal' is often used in historical contexts, referencing specific events like the Holocaust.
Historians describe the Holocaust as a genocidal tragedy.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
'Genocidal' is formal and used in serious discussions, especially in academic or legal settings.
The tribunal focused on the regime's genocidal policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
The term 'genocidal' carries a very strong negative emotion and is associated with horrific events.
The leader was charged with genocidal crimes.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
'Genocidal' is often used in historical contexts, referencing specific events like the Holocaust.
Historians describe the Holocaust as a genocidal tragedy.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
'Genocidal' is formal and used in serious discussions, especially in academic or legal settings.
The tribunal focused on the regime's genocidal policies.
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Rose George: Let's talk...
They're genocidal inmates, most of them, and they're stirring the contents of their own latrines, because if you put poop in a sealed environment, in a tank, pretty much like a stomach, then, pretty much like a stomach, it gives off gas, and you can cook with it. And you might think it's just good karma
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5 Ethical Principles for...
some went into hiding. Targeted identification of persecuted peoples has long been a tactic of genocidal regimes. But now that data is digitized, meaning it is faster to access, quicker to scale and more readily accessible. This was a failure on a multitude of
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Prepper Build: Escape...
to force their way into our home that would be a situation where we have to decide are we going to try to fight our way out of it it might be much easier to just make a stealthy escape I'm going to survive a genocidal siege by building a tunnel
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What we can do about the...
which is what needs to change. So in trying to understand and solve hate, I read every book and every research study I could find, but I also went and talked to some former Nazis and some former terrorists and some former genocidal killers,
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How we can protect truth...
one third of all of the information spreading on social media about the election was fake or misinformation. In addition, these types of social-media misinformation campaigns can spread what has been called "genocidal propaganda,"
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
so and Hollywood itself had been so good at putting out these narratives that supported their genocidal projects so you know I hope me so we could talk about some of these police shows and procedurals but I'm gonna let someone
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Ugly History: The Khmer...
Thai, and Laotian individuals. Outside these executions, one million more Cambodians died of starvation, disease, or exhaustion from overwork. This genocidal regime rose to power amidst decades of political turmoil.
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
What he was was a decathlete of nation-building, of problem-solving, of troubleshooting in the world's worst places and in the world's most broken places. In failing states, genocidal states, under-governed states,
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Taryn Simon: The stories...
and actually an animal that is threatened by the European rabbit. In chapter seven, I focus on the effects of a genocidal act on one bloodline. So over a two-day period, six individuals from this bloodline
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Patrick Awuah: Educating...
Africa was a mess. Somalia had disintegrated into anarchy. Rwanda was in the throes of this genocidal war. And it seemed to me that that was the wrong direction, and I needed to be back helping.
Video examples
Rose George: Let's talk...
They're genocidal inmates, most of them, and they're stirring the contents of their own latrines, because if you put poop in a sealed environment, in a tank, pretty much like a stomach, then, pretty much like a stomach, it gives off gas, and you can cook with it. And you might think it's just good karma
Video examples
5 Ethical Principles for...
some went into hiding. Targeted identification of persecuted peoples has long been a tactic of genocidal regimes. But now that data is digitized, meaning it is faster to access, quicker to scale and more readily accessible. This was a failure on a multitude of
Video examples
Prepper Build: Escape...
to force their way into our home that would be a situation where we have to decide are we going to try to fight our way out of it it might be much easier to just make a stealthy escape I'm going to survive a genocidal siege by building a tunnel
Video examples
What we can do about the...
which is what needs to change. So in trying to understand and solve hate, I read every book and every research study I could find, but I also went and talked to some former Nazis and some former terrorists and some former genocidal killers,
Video examples
How we can protect truth...
one third of all of the information spreading on social media about the election was fake or misinformation. In addition, these types of social-media misinformation campaigns can spread what has been called "genocidal propaganda,"
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
so and Hollywood itself had been so good at putting out these narratives that supported their genocidal projects so you know I hope me so we could talk about some of these police shows and procedurals but I'm gonna let someone
Video examples
Ugly History: The Khmer...
Thai, and Laotian individuals. Outside these executions, one million more Cambodians died of starvation, disease, or exhaustion from overwork. This genocidal regime rose to power amidst decades of political turmoil.
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
What he was was a decathlete of nation-building, of problem-solving, of troubleshooting in the world's worst places and in the world's most broken places. In failing states, genocidal states, under-governed states,
Video examples
Taryn Simon: The stories...
and actually an animal that is threatened by the European rabbit. In chapter seven, I focus on the effects of a genocidal act on one bloodline. So over a two-day period, six individuals from this bloodline
Video examples
Patrick Awuah: Educating...
Africa was a mess. Somalia had disintegrated into anarchy. Rwanda was in the throes of this genocidal war. And it seemed to me that that was the wrong direction, and I needed to be back helping.
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Quote examples
Jason Isaacs
English Actor
Well, he's not going to get any nicer. He's a genocidal racist maniac. He's one of these people who thinks the world was a great place when Voldemort ruled the world. He's particularly offended by mixed-blood Mudbloods, the product of wizards and humans. So I hope he goes into therapy.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
My family and I were welcomed to Canada more than 40 years ago. We sought and obtained refuge in a liberal, modern, and secular society, and put the ugliness of genocidal religious hate and associated tribalism behind us - or so we thought.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
The Arab population of Palestine are victims of genocidal actions; their lands are confiscated or deprived of water supplies in the semi-desert areas, and their homes are destroyed with heavy wrecking equipment.
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Peter Steele
American Musician
I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has not heard them before because I consider it like mass psychosis and genocidal.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Leaned on by Turkey and understandably wary of false equivalences - for not every death is a massacre, and not every war is genocidal - Israel connives in Armenian genocide denial.
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Nadia Murad
Iraqi Activist
We have to work together in order to prove that genocidal campaigns will fail and lead to accountability of the perpetrators and bring justice for survivors.
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Lydia Lunch
American Musician
The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either.
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Louis Farrakhan
American Activist
It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
Quote examples
Jason Isaacs
English Actor
Well, he's not going to get any nicer. He's a genocidal racist maniac. He's one of these people who thinks the world was a great place when Voldemort ruled the world. He's particularly offended by mixed-blood Mudbloods, the product of wizards and humans. So I hope he goes into therapy.
Quote examples
Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
My family and I were welcomed to Canada more than 40 years ago. We sought and obtained refuge in a liberal, modern, and secular society, and put the ugliness of genocidal religious hate and associated tribalism behind us - or so we thought.
Quote examples
Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
The Arab population of Palestine are victims of genocidal actions; their lands are confiscated or deprived of water supplies in the semi-desert areas, and their homes are destroyed with heavy wrecking equipment.
Quote examples
Peter Steele
American Musician
I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has not heard them before because I consider it like mass psychosis and genocidal.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Leaned on by Turkey and understandably wary of false equivalences - for not every death is a massacre, and not every war is genocidal - Israel connives in Armenian genocide denial.
Quote examples
Nadia Murad
Iraqi Activist
We have to work together in order to prove that genocidal campaigns will fail and lead to accountability of the perpetrators and bring justice for survivors.
Quote examples
Lydia Lunch
American Musician
The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either.
Quote examples
Louis Farrakhan
American Activist
It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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