ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Genocidal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈsaɪdəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Genocidal is an adjective meaning Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.

Meaning

Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.

Example Sentences

transnational genocidal organization
An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled.
And the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include democide, matricidal, murderous, massacring, murderousness, atrocities.

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