gen·o·cide
/ˈjenəˌsīd/
noun
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.synonyms:
mass murder, mass homicide, massacre;annihilation, extermination, elimination, liquidation, eradication,
decimation, butchery, bloodletting;
pogrom, ethnic cleansing, holocaust
“a tyrant guilty of genocide”
List of Genocide By Death Toll
Who Did The Killing | Why Did They Kill | Number Killed |
Mao | Policies and Purges | 78,000,000 |
Abortion of Unborn Babies | The Right To Choose | 60,000,000+ |
Stalin | Purges | 23,000,000 |
Hitler | Concentration Camps | 17,000,000 |
Leopold II | Congo Free State | 15,000,000 |
Hideki Tojo | Blood Purity | 5,000,000 |
Ismail Enver Pasha | Armenian Geonicide | 2,500,000 |
Pol Pot | Cambodian Cleansing | 1,700,000 |
Kim II Sung | Population Purges | 1,600,000 |
Mingistu Haile Mariam | Red Terror Campaign | 1,200,000 |
Yakubu Gowon | Secession in Nigeria | 1,100,000 |