Meaning of ethnic cleansing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

euphemistic, uncountable

العربية تَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ

Čeština etnická čistka

Deutsch ethnische Säuberung

Ελληνικά εθνοκάθαρση

Español depuración étnica limpieza étnica

Suomi etninen puhdistus

Français épuration ethnique nettoyage ethnique

Italiano pulizia etnica

日本語民族浄化

한국어 민족청소

Nederlands etnische zuivering

Polski czystka etniczna

Português limpeza étnica

Русский этни́ческая чи́стка

Svenska etnisk rensning

Türkçe etnik temizlik

Tiếng Việt thanh lọc sắc tộc

“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.”

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