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eliticide

eliticide noun: the targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.

Noun

eliticide (plural eliticides)

  1. The targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.

Forms of eliticide

pluraleliticides
alternative formelitocide

Origin of eliticide

From elite + -icide. First used in 1992 by British reporter Michael Nicholson to describe the Bijeljina massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Questions about eliticide

What does eliticide mean?
Eliticide means the targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.
What part of speech is eliticide?
Eliticide is a noun.
What is the plural of eliticide?
The plural of eliticide is eliticides.

Words near eliticide in the dictionary

  1. elitely
  2. eliteness
  3. eliter
  4. elites
  5. elitest
  6. eliticide
  7. eliticides
  8. elitism
  9. elitisms
  10. elitist
  11. elitistly

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