What is another word for mass extermination?

Pronunciation: [mˈas ɛkstˈɜːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Mass extermination refers to the deliberate and systematic killing of a large group of people, animals or organisms. This term is often associated with atrocities committed during times of war, genocide or extermination campaigns. Synonyms for mass extermination include ethnic cleansing, genocide, holocaust, purge, slaughter, annihilation, eradication, decimation, and extinction. Each of these terms describes the intentional destruction of a group of living beings, whether they are a specific ethnic or religious group, a species of animals, or a population of microorganisms. Regardless of the term used, the act of mass extermination is a grave violation of human rights and poses a serious threat to the diversity of life on our planet.

What are the hypernyms for Mass extermination?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Mass extermination

  • We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
    John F. Kennedy
  • We used to think that Hitler was wicked when he wanted to kill all the Jews, but what Kennedy and Macmillan and others both in the East and in the West pursue policies which will probably lead to killing not only all the Jews but all the rest of us too. They are much more wicked than Hitler and this idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly and absolutely horrible and it is a thing which no man with one spark of humanity can tolerate and I will not pretend to obey a government which is organising the massacre of the whole of mankind. I will do anything I can to oppose such Governments in any non-violent way that seems likely to be fruitful, and I should exhort all of you to feel the same way. We cannot obey these murderers. They are wicked and abominable. They are the wickedest people that ever lived in the history of man and it is our duty to do what we can.
    Bertrand Russell
  • This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not pretend to obey a government which is organising a mass massacre of mankind.
    Bertrand Russell

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