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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According to the indictment, Sun ensured that issues unfavorable to Beijing — such as the future of Taiwan and the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs — were kept off of Hochul’s radar.
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Michael Ames, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
And now in the north of the Gaza Strip, there is an ethnic cleansing.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Wouldn’t Coates have wanted to argue that Israel’s bombing campaign has amounted to genocide or ethnic cleansing?
—Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
These include population transfer – a form of ethnic cleansing – as well as mass punishment of Palestinian communities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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Michael Ames, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
And now in the north of the Gaza Strip, there is an ethnic cleansing.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Wouldn’t Coates have wanted to argue that Israel’s bombing campaign has amounted to genocide or ethnic cleansing?
—Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
These include population transfer – a form of ethnic cleansing – as well as mass punishment of Palestinian communities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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