ethnic cleansing

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.

euphemistic, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldepuración étnica limpieza étnica

Françaisépuration ethnique nettoyage ethnique

Deutschethnische Säuberung

26 more languages

العربيةتَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ

Беларускаяэтнічная чыстка

Catalàneteja ètnica

Češtinaetnická čistka

Dansketnisk udrensning

Ελληνικάεθνοκάθαρση

Esperantoetna purigado

Eestietniline puhastus

Suomietninen puhdistus

Magyaretnikai tisztogatás

Íslenskaþjóðernishreinsun

Italianopulizia etnica

日本語民族浄化

ქართულიეთნიკური წმენდა

한국어민족청소

Lietuviųetninis valymas

Nederlandsetnische zuivering

Polskiczystka etniczna

Portuguêslimpeza étnica

Românăepurare etnică

Русскийэтни́ческая чи́стка

Svenskaetnisk rensning

ไทยล้างเผ่าพันธุ์

Türkçeetnik temizlik

Tiếng Việtthanh lọc sắc tộc thanh trừng sắc tộc

Yorùbáipẹyarun

Examples

“These television stations are part of the apparatus and power of Milosevic. This is the apparatus he has used to do the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

ethnic gloss ethnic group ethnic majority ethnic minority ethnic music ethnic purge

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