policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.

is the term applied to the forcible expulsion, rape and murder of other ethnic groups. It has most often been practiced by the Serbs in Bosnia, although there is evidence that it is also practiced by [..]

The removal, detention and genocide of an ethnic group to produce a homogenous territory or society.

the practice of forcibly removing (or even killing) a group of people from an area so that the people who remain all belong to the same group - so that, the area is 'ethnically pure'.

Ethnic Cleansing is the deliberate and systematic removal of a racial, political, or cultural group from a specific geographical area. A 1993 United Nations Commission defined it more specifically as, [..]

Ethnic cleansing is a litteral translation of the expression etnicko ciscenje in Serbo-Croatian/Croato-Serbian. The origin of this term is difficult to establish. The term derived its current meaning during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As military officers of the former Yugoslav People's Army had a preponderant role in all these events, [..]

Expulsion of a Population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic Discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these.