Genocide

The attempt to kill everyone in a certain group, like a race or religion



Word Structure

JEN-uh-sahyd

Sentence Examples

The Holocaust was a genocide.

The genocide killed Muslims.

War led to genocide.

Semantic Relatives

destruction

group

The Holocaust

Morphological Relatives

genocidal

homocide

herbicide

Textbook

Explore World History Chapter 8 by Attainment

Deeper Dive

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