ethnic cleansing (sh) and elevation (iou)

ethnic cleansing (sh)

The creation of an ethnically homogenous geographic area through the elimination of unwanted ethnic groups by deportation, forcible displacement, or genocide.

Ethnic cleansing also has involved attempts to remove physical vestiges of the targeted group in the territory through the destruction and desecration of monuments, cemeteries, and houses of worship. Although some critics of the term have claimed that ethnic cleansing is simply a form of genocide, defenders of the usage have noted that, whereas the murder of an ethnic, racial, or religious group is the primary intention of a genocidal policy, the chief goal of ethnic cleansing is the establishment of homogenous lands, which may be achieved by any of a number of methods including genocide. The term was widely employed in the 1990s to describe the brutal treatment of Bosniacs (Bosnian Muslims), ethnic Serbs in the Krajina region of Croatia, and ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo during the conflicts that erupted in the wake of the disintegration of Yugoslavia.

elevation (iou)

elevation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French elevation or Latin elevatio(n-), formed as ELEVATE: see -ATION.]
The action or process, or an act, of elevating; the state or fact of being elevated. LME.
J. Woodward The disruption of the strata, the elevation of some, and depression of others. L. Strachey His sudden elevation to the throne. S. O'Faolain The glow of spiritual elevation died from his face.
b. Christian Church. The holding up of the host in the Eucharist. L16.
c. Ballet. A dancer's leap; the ability to attain height and perform movements while in the air. Also, the action of tightening the muscles and achieving an erect posture. M19.
A raised area, esp. of the ground; a swelling on the skin. LME.
C. Sagan Measurements concerning the mountains and elevations of Mars.
a. The angular height of a body or point in the sky, esp. the celestial pole. Formerly also, the pole's height at any one place, the latitude of a place. LME.
b. The angle at which a gun or any line of direction is inclined to the horizontal. L17.
c. Altitude above sea level; height above ground level. M18.
J. Tyndall What was snow at the higher elevations changed to rain lower down.
Loftiness; grandeur, dignity. M17.
J. Morley The classic form, its dignity, elevation, and severity.
A drawing or diagram made by projection on a vertical plane; a frontal or side view, esp. of a building. Cf. PLAN noun 3a. M18.
elevational adjective (Architecture) of or pertaining to an elevation E20.

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