[ 'dʒɛnəsʌɪd ]
■ noun the deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation.
Derivatives
genocidal adjective
Origin
1940s: from Gk genos 'race' + -cide .
[ 'dʒɛnəsʌɪd ]
■ noun the deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation.
Derivatives
genocidal adjective
Origin
1940s: from Gk genos 'race' + -cide .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004