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Armenia wants Turkey to recognize what it calls the systematic genocide of Armenians during World War I. Yerevan says that 1.5 million ethnic Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks.

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  1. adjective Of, characterized by, based on, or constituting a system.
  2. adjective Carried on using step-by-step procedures.
  3. adjective Purposefully regular; methodical. See Synonyms at orderly.
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  • Yoga can be described as the systematic dismantling of the egotism which distorts our view of the world and impedes our spiritual progress. —  Buddha
  • Armenia wants Turkey to recognize what it calls the systematic genocide of Armenians during World War I. Yerevan says that 1.5 million ethnic Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks. —  Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 26/6/09
  • The White House transcript went with "systematic" - which would have been correct, even though it isn't what Dubya said. —  Fresh Dubya RSS Feed
  • The defendant is charged for his alleged part in what prosecutors describe as the systematic deportation, killing, and persecution of Kosovo Albanians, which is claimed to have resulted in hundreds of deaths as well as the removal of approximately 800,000 of their number from Kosovo. —  Institute for War & Peace Reporting:
  • But it's also a reminder that we have a political system that's substantially powered by a kind of systematic, quasi-legalized bribery. —  QandO
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  1. = French systématique = Spanish sistemático = Portuguese systematico = Italian sistematico, from New Latin systematicus, from Greek συσ, σ1τηματικός, combined in one whole, systematic, from σύσ, σ1τημα(τ-), a system: see system.
 

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