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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ethnic cleansing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the deliberate and systematic removal of a certain ethnic group from a region or country due to their race, religion, or ethnicity. For example, "The 1990s saw a wave of horrific ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia."
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ethnic cleansing
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The mass extermination or expulsion of people belonging to one ethnic or religious group by those of another.
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Ethnic cleansing.
"There's ethnic cleansing again".
Oh, and ethnic cleansing.
Ethnic cleansing is proceeding apace.
It's ethnic cleansing.
"It's called ethnic cleansing".
"The ethnic cleansing is permanent".
Ethnic cleansing was harsh in Banja Luka.
Ethnic cleansing went on despite the siege.
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"Ethnic-cleansing is a bad phrase, it's not appropriate.
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