[ˈdʒɛnəsʌɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the deliberate and systematic killing or persecution of a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
(e.g: a campaign of genocide)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s (coined by the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin with reference to the Holocaust): from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide

[ˈdʒɛnəsʌɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deliberately and systematically kill or persecute (a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group) with the aim of destroying that nation or group
(e.g: a whole generation is being genocided)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s (coined by the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin with reference to the Holocaust): from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide