race murder

/reɪs ˌmʌrdər/
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Other forms: race murders

Definitions of race murder
  1. noun
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
    synonyms: genocide, racial extermination
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    examples:
    final solution
    the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945
    type of:
    kill, killing, putting to death
    the act of terminating a life
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