pogrom
noun
, -ˈgrəm, pō-; ˈpō-grəm, ˈpä-
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Two years later, in 1983, in response to an LTTE ambush on Sri Lankan soldiers, anti-Tamil pogroms spread across the country. — Longreads, "A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers," 22 May 2018 His grandfather fled the pogroms in Russia, and — classic New York story — created a successful construction business from nothing. — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, "The Case for the Subway," 3 Jan. 2018 Anti-Rohingya pogroms have been a part of life in the region for years, and violence against them began ratcheting up again in October 2016, as the Myanmar government started complaining about violence by Rohingya militants. — Fox News, "A year later, fractured Rohingya community sees little hope," 24 Aug. 2018 This new wave of anti-Semitism could, and in fact did, produce a kind of American pogrom. — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, "My Jewish wedding was the day of the Pittsburgh shooting. Anti-Semites threatened it.," 2 Nov. 2018 Christmas was a night of possible pogroms and violence, with so many celebrants, often drunk, going from house to house. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "In the US, Jews have been eating American Chinese food on Christmas for over 100 years.," 21 Dec. 2018 This became clear in 1966, when pogroms by northern Nigerians against the minority Igbo tribe killed up to 100,000 people. — Martin Peretz, WSJ, "Let’s Get the U.N. Out of the U.S.," 28 Sep. 2018 Before the shooting, a user with the name Robert Bowers posted a threatening message about HIAS, a global Jewish agency that resettles refugees originally founded to assist Jews fleeing pogroms in Europe. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Suspect in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Faces 29 Federal Charges," 27 Oct. 2018 The Muslim Rohingyas have faced generations of discrimination in largely Buddhist Myanmar, denied citizenship rights, attacked in pogroms and sometimes not able to practice their faith openly. — Julhas Alam, Fox News, "Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home," 22 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pogrom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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