Meaning The singling out and killing of a specific ethnic group.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- The ethnic cleansing of the Croats in the Bosnian War left the country open wide to the Serbs.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Ethnic cleansing
What does "Ethnic cleansing" mean?
The singling out and killing of a specific ethnic group.
Ethnic cleansing
USA, late 20th century.