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Definition social cleansing in British English

social cleansing noun

[uncountable] noun
/ˌsəʊʃ(ə)l ˈklenzɪŋ/
1

a process of forcing groups of people who are regarded as not desirable to leave an area, in some extreme cases by killing them

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Definition social cleansing in British English