genocidal

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Etymology

From genocide +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈsaɪdəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdəl

Adjective

genocidal (comparative more genocidal, superlative most genocidal)

  1. Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
    transnational genocidal organization
    • 1988, Andrew Farmer, The Rich Single Life[1]:
      An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled...
    • 2018 August 22, Liel Leibovitz, “Eichmann in Full”, in Tablet[2]:
      And the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design.

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