HyperDic: ethnic_cleansing

English > 1 sense of the expression *ethnic cleansing*:
NOUN	act	ethnic cleansing	the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

English > *ethnic cleansing*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area.
Broader	group action	action taken by a group of people
Spanish	limpieza étnica
Catalan	neteja ètnica