ethnic cleansing
noun
: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity
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Arab states and Palestinian groups have rejected Trump's proposal, which critics said would amount to ethnic cleansing.
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Hussam Al-Masri, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Well, that - that's just plain out ethnic cleansing and - and genocide.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
The president also neglected to say whose troops would be responsible for forcing unwilling Palestinians to leave Gaza for good, an act of horrifying ethnic cleansing.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to perform are all vying for the short film Oscars.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
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Hussam Al-Masri, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Well, that - that's just plain out ethnic cleansing and - and genocide.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
The president also neglected to say whose troops would be responsible for forcing unwilling Palestinians to leave Gaza for good, an act of horrifying ethnic cleansing.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to perform are all vying for the short film Oscars.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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