Definitions:

1. Involves acts meant to wipe out an entire population based on racial identity. NOUN
   • Historians widely recognize the Holocaust as one of the most horrific examples of racial extermination.
2. Refers to the systematic, intentional elimination or mass killing of a social group, often as part of a genocidal policy. NOUN
   • The regime pursued policies of racial extermination against minority groups.
3. The deliberate attempt to destroy a racial group, either in whole or in part, through murder, froced removal, sterilization, or other means of erasure, often associated with genocide, ethnic cleansing, or crimes against humanity. NOUN
   • Racial extermination is a violation of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Synonyms:

• ethnic cleansing
• genocide
• race murder
• racial purge