• Daily Almanac
  • This Day in History
  • Today's Birthday
  • Word of the Day

• Editor's Favorites
  • 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Campaign 2008
  • Presidential Conventions
  • Back to School Center
  • Labor Day
  • America's Best Beaches
  • Georgia Country Profile
  • Russia Timeline
  • Origin of August
  • Lightning Deaths
  • 2008 Disasters
  • Underreported Humanitarian Stories
  • World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders
  • 2008 Current Events
  • 2008 Deaths
  • Biographies of the Presidents
  • Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2008
  • 2008 Calendar

Dictionary

Find definitions for:

eth'nic cleans'ing


the elimination of an unwanted group from a society, as by genocide or forced migration.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

• • Cite
  • Print
  • Email
  • Bookmark
    • Add bookmark
    • Add to del.icio.us
    • Digg It!
    • Add to Reddit

Related Content Daily Word Quiz: sycophant Analogy of the Day: Today's Analogy Spelling Bee: Today's Spelling Bee Kids' Word Quiz: prodigal Crossword: Crossword Puzzle Guide Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language