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单词 ethnic cleansing
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Definition of ethnic cleansing in English:

ethnic cleansing

noun
mass noun
  • The mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another.

    种族清洗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Amnesty International is concerned that the offensive looks like ethnic cleansing.
    • Non-intervention in the face of mass murder or ethnic cleansing is not the same as neutrality in time of war.
    • The prosecutors in the Hague need to prove that he knew of and approved the killings and ethnic cleansing.
    • He accelerated his policy of ethnic cleansing as soon as the war began.
    • Both have been involved in sectarian murders and ethnic cleansing.
    • The Genocide Museum is a memorial to the victims of ethnic cleansing.
    • Four years after the cessation of fighting, ethnic cleansing remains an intractable problem.
    • When in Chad, the mission interviewed refugees who escaped alleged ethnic cleansing.
    • There is no genocide, no ethnic cleansing and no murder of the scale that outsiders allege.
    • Such a structure would only entrench current divisions and might even lead to ethnic cleansing.
    • And moving forces into Sudan to stop ethnic cleansing and genocide is not imperialism.
    • Now the regime is perpetrating massacres and ethnic cleansing in two new areas of the country.
    • Before comparisons can begin, however, we must examine what ethnic cleansing means.
    • The same mechanism is involved in all pogroms, all ethnic cleansing, and all wars.
    • This remains one of the most heinous acts of ethnic cleansing in human history.
    • It would lead to a wave of expulsions, ethnic cleansing and regional conflicts.
    • As the civil war raged and pogroms ensued, ethnic cleansing on a monumental scale created millions of refugees.
    • What if the side on whose behalf we bomb urban areas subsequently commits ethnic cleansing under our military protection?
    • In certain limited cases, such as genocidal massacre or ethnic cleansing, other states have a responsibility to step in.
    • The horror of ethnic cleansing was shown on TV screens across the world last week.
    Synonyms
    slaughter, wholesale slaughter, mass slaughter, wholesale killing, indiscriminate killing

Definition of ethnic cleansing in US English:

ethnic cleansing

nounˈeTHnik klenziNGˈɛθnɪk klɛnzɪŋ
  • The mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society.

    种族清洗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He accelerated his policy of ethnic cleansing as soon as the war began.
    • This remains one of the most heinous acts of ethnic cleansing in human history.
    • When in Chad, the mission interviewed refugees who escaped alleged ethnic cleansing.
    • The same mechanism is involved in all pogroms, all ethnic cleansing, and all wars.
    • Amnesty International is concerned that the offensive looks like ethnic cleansing.
    • And moving forces into Sudan to stop ethnic cleansing and genocide is not imperialism.
    • Now the regime is perpetrating massacres and ethnic cleansing in two new areas of the country.
    • It would lead to a wave of expulsions, ethnic cleansing and regional conflicts.
    • The horror of ethnic cleansing was shown on TV screens across the world last week.
    • Before comparisons can begin, however, we must examine what ethnic cleansing means.
    • Both have been involved in sectarian murders and ethnic cleansing.
    • As the civil war raged and pogroms ensued, ethnic cleansing on a monumental scale created millions of refugees.
    • The prosecutors in the Hague need to prove that he knew of and approved the killings and ethnic cleansing.
    • Such a structure would only entrench current divisions and might even lead to ethnic cleansing.
    • What if the side on whose behalf we bomb urban areas subsequently commits ethnic cleansing under our military protection?
    • In certain limited cases, such as genocidal massacre or ethnic cleansing, other states have a responsibility to step in.
    • The Genocide Museum is a memorial to the victims of ethnic cleansing.
    • Non-intervention in the face of mass murder or ethnic cleansing is not the same as neutrality in time of war.
    • There is no genocide, no ethnic cleansing and no murder of the scale that outsiders allege.
    • Four years after the cessation of fighting, ethnic cleansing remains an intractable problem.
    Synonyms
    slaughter, wholesale slaughter, mass slaughter, wholesale killing, indiscriminate killing
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