genocides

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of genocide.

   Historians have documented the patterns that precede mass genocides.

   The tribunal was created to prosecute those responsible for recent genocides.

   Note

   A plural is possible because genocide can be counted. Used uncountably, it names the crime itself. Used countably, it names one particular campaign, so genocides sets separate events side by side for comparison. The same form serves the broader senses too: systematic killing on other grounds, the suppression of a people's culture, and even a player's wiping out of an entire class of monsters.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of genocide.

   Note

   The verb packs a whole phrase into one word: it means commits genocide against. Because it is transitive, the -s form takes a singular subject and a direct object naming the group destroyed. It is spelled exactly like the plural noun, and the object is the quickest way to tell them apart. A tyrant genocides a people, while historians compare genocides.

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