How do you use the word "genocide" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "genocide" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "genocide": The victims of the genocide were buried in mass graves spread over 25 square kilometers. Speaking of genocide, today is Columbus Day.

Genocide Meaning

/ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe 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.

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

Sentence Examples

The victims of the genocide were buried in mass graves spread over 25 square kilometers.

Speaking of genocide, today is Columbus Day.

Refugees gave accounts of the mass genocide.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The terrible ____ resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent people.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The international community must work together to prevent ____ and protect vulnerable populations from violence.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English genocide From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus), corresponding to geno- + -cide (“killing”). Piecewise doublet of gendercide. Compare genticide. Coined by Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide (then known by other names; for more information, see Terminology of the Armenian genocide on Wikipedia), massacres of Assyrians (such as the Simele massacre and Seyfo) and the Jewish Holocaust.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide." — 1944 November 26, “Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress” (chapter chapter 9), in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, page 79:

"Shaddam IV: I want fifty legion of Sardaukar on Arrakis at once! Subordinate: Fifty legions? That's our entire reserves as well. Shaddam IV: This is genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of all life on Arrakis!" — 1984, 1:49:22 from the start, in Dune (science fiction), spoken by Shaddam IV, →OCLC:

"Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone." — 2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:

"Incorporating a global-comparative perspective on the genocides of the last half millennium has enabled important advances in the understanding of events central to the genocide studies field – such as the process of Ottoman imperial dissolution, reciprocal genocidal killing (during the “Unweaving” in the Balkans), and complex international jockeying that factored into the massive anti-Christian slaughters in Anatolia in 1915 and thereafter." — 2011, Adam Jones, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 65:

"A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide. […] Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists." — 2019 October 15, Aleksandar Hemon, “‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2020:

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