{
    "term": "genocide",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the murder of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group, with the aim of destroying that nation or group",
            "sensetop": "genocide against somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Refugees gave accounts of the mass genocide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "genocide against ethnic minorities",
                    "contextForm": "genocide against somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mass", "cultural"],
                "preposition": ["genocide against"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒenəsaɪd/",
                "audio": "ge/genocide/genocide__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒenəsaɪd/",
                "audio": "ge/genocide/genocide__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "1940s: from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide."
}