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ETHNIC CLEANSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ethnic cleansing" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)