pogrom

noun

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po·grom | \ pə-ˈgräm

, -ˈgrəm, pō-; ˈpō-grəm, ˈpä-

Definition of pogrom

(Entry 1 of 2)

: an organized massacre of helpless people specifically : such a massacre of Jews

pogrom

verb

pogromed; pogroming; pogroms

Definition of pogrom (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom

Examples of pogrom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The first large group of Jewish prisoners was brought there in 1938 after the Night of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht, an antisemitic pogrom. — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2021 The first large group of Jewish prisoners was brought there in 1938 after the Night of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht, an antisemitic pogrom. — Kirsten Grieshaber, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021 Others disrupted a commemoration for victims of a Holocaust-era pogrom recently, symbolizing the country’s other fraught debate, over whether Nazis or Poles should be blamed for World War II-era atrocities. — Katarzyna Markusz, sun-sentinel.com, 21 July 2021 In the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, Nazis set the building ablaze, but the local fire department put out the flames. — Toby Axelrod, sun-sentinel.com, 14 July 2021 Weitzenkorn and his family came to the U.S. in 1939 two months after Kristallnacht, referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, which was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany from Nov. 9-10, 1938, and signaled the beginning of the Holocaust. — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 25 June 2021 His paternal grandfather died in Nazi Germany in 1938 during the Kristallnacht pogrom. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 June 2021 The 1921 racist pogrom, which took place at the same time the UDC was gathering funds for the Stone Mountain monument, destroyed not only a community but generations of wealth. — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 27 May 2021 The police response to the civil unrest over the past week has mostly focused on Arabs, following attacks on synagogues that some likened to a pogrom. — New York Times, 16 May 2021

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