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eliticide

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from eligere
  2. derived from elit
  3. inherited from elit
  4. formed as eliticide — “elite + -icide”

Definitions

  1. The targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the…

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

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