eliticide
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
elite + -icide. First used in 1992 by British reporter Michael Nicholson to describe the Bijeljina massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Noun[edit]
eliticide (plural eliticides)
- The targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.