pogrom

noun

Definition of pogromnext
as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion

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Recent Examples of pogrom Anti-Jewish riots, or pogroms, swept Russia in the late 19th century. — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Later in the 19th century, pogroms across Eastern Europe and the aftermath of Italian reunification drove a surge of migration to the United States. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Felix Kallmann, who, in addition to collecting art, ran a lightbulb-making company called Deutsche Gasglühlicht and the film production company Universum Film AG de Babelsberg, died of a heart attack a few days after the Kristallnacht pogrom. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba. — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pogrom
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  1. massacre
  2. slaughter
  3. holocaust
  4. carnage
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  • Two of the massacres happened in the space of a few hours late Saturday night and in the predawn hours of Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Ernest Medina was acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai massacre after a military court found insufficient evidence to convict him.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of massacre
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  • One of the leading explanations for its origin goes back to an older meaning of the word ‘bucket’ — a beam or yoke from which animals could be suspended during slaughter.
    — Jim Dudlicek, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Now, as then, the dehumanization of Arab and Muslim lives is embedded in the very language used to describe their slaughter.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of slaughter
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  • August 29, the fictional date (in 1997) of the franchise’s original nuclear holocaust, is fast approaching, and Judgment Day is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fears about environmental devastation, overpopulation, energy depletion, and a nuclear holocaust were omnipresent, manifested in books such as The Population Bomb, the back-to-the-land movement, and the entire Hollywood disaster-movie genre.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of holocaust
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  • Whether or not Hal was right to entice Zoe (upon whose shoulders the carnage ultimately falls), his decision to circumvent the Guardians’ chain of command is what ultimately leads to countless deaths and his imprisonment for reckless endangerment.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of lots of action, violence, carnage and suspense, the show with Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer tells a very different kind of story.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of carnage

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