ETHNIC CLEANSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethnic cleansing mean? 

• ETHNIC CLEANSING (noun)
  The noun ETHNIC CLEANSING has 1 sense:

1. the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

  Familiarity information: ETHNIC CLEANSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHNIC CLEANSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ethnic cleansing" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)