Genocidal describes an act, a plan, a leader, or a government that aims at the deliberate murder of a whole group of people — a people, an ethnic group, a race — not just many deaths in a war, and not a fight between armies.

Genocidal describes種族屠殺的（genocidal）這個字形容的是 an act, a plan, a leader, or a government一個行動、一個計畫、一個領袖或一個政府, that aims at目標是 the deliberate murder蓄意殺害 of a whole group of people整個一群人 — a people, an ethnic group, a race一個民族、一個種族群體、一個種族 — not just many deaths in a war而不只是戰爭中的大量死亡, and not a fight between armies也不是軍隊之間的交戰。

It is the describing word built from genocide: a genocidal campaign is a campaign of that kind of killing. News, history, and law use it, and it is one of the heaviest describing words in English.

It is the describing word它是形容詞, built from genocide由genocide（種族屠殺）這個字延伸出來的: a genocidal campaign一場genocidal的行動 is a campaign of that kind of killing就是那種殺戮的行動。News, history, and law新聞、歷史和法律 use it都會用到這個字, and it is one of the heaviest describing words in English而且它是英文裡最沉重的形容詞之一。

Though actually, people sometimes stretch it in angry speech to mean “cruel on a huge scale,” and lawyers may argue for years about whether a given killing legally counts. For a learner, keep the core: the word is about trying to wipe out a whole group as a group.

Though actually不過事實上, people sometimes stretch it人們有時候會在 in angry speech憤怒的言論裡延伸使用它 to mean "cruel on a huge scale"來指「大規模的殘忍」, and lawyers may argue for years而律師可能會爭論好幾年 about whether a given killing legally counts討論某一次殺戮在法律上算不算數。For a learner對學習者來說, keep the core記住核心就好: the word is about trying to wipe out這個字說的是試圖把 a whole group as a group整個一群人當作一個群體來消滅。