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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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But suppose you lowered the threshold to prove genocide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Doyle became East Africa correspondent in 1993 and made his mark covering the Rwandan genocide a year later.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has been charged with offences relating to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Kavazović and Rosensaft committed to collaborate in times of crisis, maintain consistent and compassionate channels of communication, remember and commemorate the victims of past genocides and repudiate all forms of bigotry.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024

Monuments have long commemorated the loss of life from calamitous events: wars, genocides, terrorist attacks.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

Kim, 47, knew that anyone there of his age or older had survived one of the most brutal genocides of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

The two genocides of the 1990s - in central Africa and the former Yugoslavia - showed what happened when the Security Council was challenged to live up to words of the UN charter.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2022

She said a local gallery in Rochester, called the Visual Studies Workshop, had been showing photography from genocides around the world, and perhaps we could do an exhibit there.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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