Extermination order
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An Extermination order is an order given by a government sanctioning mass removal or death. The term is often associated with genocide
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Extermination orders were issued in conjunction with the following events:
Extermination orders can also include:
Genocide
Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...
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Extermination orders were issued in conjunction with the following events:
- Armenian genocideArmenian GenocideThe Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
- The Holocaust, which involved the extermination of millions of Jews
- Extermination camp, also known as "death camp"
- Missouri Executive Order 44, often called the "Mormon Extermination Order" (alt. "exterminating order") within the Latter-Day Saint movement, though it did not lead to a genocide
- The Order of Extermination of the Nayars by Tippu Sultan during Mysore invasion of Kerala.
Extermination orders can also include:
- No quarterNo quarterA victor gives no quarter when the victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the surrender at discretion of a vanquished opponent....
, a term for when an order is given for the complete extermination of an enemy, without accepting any offer of surrender - DecimationDecimation (Roman Army)Decimation |ten]]") was a form of military discipline used by officers in the Roman Army to punish mutinous or cowardly soldiers. The word decimation is derived from Latin meaning "removal of a tenth".-Procedure:...
, a punishment in the Roman Army