Definition of "genocide" in English

noun

1. The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

   • A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.
   • For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide.

2. (by extension) The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds.

3. (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.

4. (video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.

verb

1. (transitive) To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.

   • Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's …