Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to genocide
Participle: genocided
Gerund: genociding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | genocide |
| you | genocide |
| he;she;it | genocides |
| we | genocide |
| you | genocide |
| they | genocide |
Perfect
| I | have genocided |
| you | have genocided |
| he;she;it | has genocided |
| we | have genocided |
| you | have genocided |
| they | have genocided |
Past
| I | genocided |
| you | genocided |
| he;she;it | genocided |
| we | genocided |
| you | genocided |
| they | genocided |
Pluperfect
| I | had genocided |
| you | had genocided |
| he;she;it | had genocided |
| we | had genocided |
| you | had genocided |
| they | had genocided |
Future
| I | will genocide |
| you | will genocide |
| he;she;it | will genocide |
| we | will genocide |
| you | will genocide |
| they | will genocide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have genocided |
| you | will have genocided |
| he;she;it | will have genocided |
| we | will have genocided |
| you | will have genocided |
| they | will have genocided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | genocide |
| you | genocide |
| he;she;it | genocide |
| we | genocide |
| you | genocide |
| they | genocide |
Perfect
| I | have genocided |
| you | have genocided |
| he;she;it | have genocided |
| we | have genocided |
| you | have genocided |
| they | have genocided |
Imperfect
| I | genocided |
| you | genocided |
| he;she;it | genocided |
| we | genocided |
| you | genocided |
| they | genocided |
Pluperfect
| I | had genocided |
| you | had genocided |
| he;she;it | had genocided |
| we | had genocided |
| you | had genocided |
| they | had genocided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would genocide |
| you | would genocide |
| he;she;it | would genocide |
| we | would genocide |
| you | would genocide |
| they | would genocide |
Perfect
| I | would have genocided |
| you | would have genocided |
| he;she;it | would have genocided |
| we | would have genocided |
| you | would have genocided |
| they | would have genocided |
Imperative
| you | genocide |
| we | Let's genocide |
| you | genocide |
Verbs conjugated like 'genocide'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'genocide'
geocode,
decide,
denoise,
encise,
encite,
encode,
enode,
enolize,
excide,
genotype,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-os
4. Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
5. Proto-Hellenic *génos
6. Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
7. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
8. Proto-Italic *kaidō
9. Latin caedō
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
12. Proto-Italic *-ā
13. Latin -a
14. Latin -cīda
15. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
16. Proto-Italic *-ijos
17. Proto-Italic *-ios
18. Old Latin -ios
19. Latin -iusnom.
20. Latin -ium
21. Latin -cīdiumder.
22. Middle French -cidebor.
23. English -cide
24. English genocide
25. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus), corresponding to geno- + -cide (“killing”). Piecewise doublet of gendercide. Compare genticide.
26. Coined by Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide (then known by other names; for more information, see Terminology of the Armenian genocide on Wikipedia), massacres of Assyrians (such as the Simele massacre and Seyfo) and the Jewish Holocaust.
Sample Sentences
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Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's […] [1986-06-17, Oversight of the Board for International Broadcasting: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, volume 4, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, second session, page 145:]
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A clue appears in the Nazis finding the Gypsies dirty and disorderly (for not only Jews were genocided). [2006, Get 'Em All! Kill 'Em!: Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities, page 8:]
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You just know it makes much more sense to encourage brutal governments to buy our WMD technology than to get them to put food in the empty bellies of their people or quit genociding the populace. [2007, War on Truth: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq, page 66:]
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It is unlikely that Sulla succeeded in genociding the Samnites, since their mountains offered many refuges, but in subsequent centuries the Samnites disappeared, being absorbed into the general population of Italy. [2016, Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, page 1193:]