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Meanings of ethnic cleansing in English
A purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.
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The United Nations has condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing.
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Before, the unstoppable march of ethnic cleansing, of international indecision and appeasement.
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Self-determination is employed to facilitate ethnic cleansing rather than to prevent it.
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The terrible logic of ethnic cleansing seems the logic of our century.
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Critics fear this could lead to ethnic cleansing of the local Kurdish population.
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The United Nations has denounced it as a classic example of ethnic cleansing.
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The United Nations condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing.
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Pulling out our troops would lead to more ethnic cleansing by Russian troops.
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The country's UN human rights commission has warned ethnic cleansing is taking place.
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Myanmar denies ethnic cleansing saying its security forces have mounted legitimate clearance operations.
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The United Nations has accused Burmese troops of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign.
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United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has warned of the risk of ethnic cleansing.
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It rejects accusations of ethnic cleansing, saying it is fighting terrorists.
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Also in many Baghdad areas ethnic cleansing has already been completed.
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The siege brought a new and terrible phrase into common usage: ethnic cleansing.
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On Twitter, some users likened his speech to a suggestion of ethnic cleansing.
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