as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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Its residents have burned Palestinian olive groves, cars, homes, and mosques, and rampaged through villages in deadly attacks that even some Israeli officials have felt comfortable calling pogroms.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
Harpers Magazine,
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Lesser recounted his story of survival, detailing how his family evaded the Krakow Ghetto, escaped a Nazi pogrom, and endured the Bochnia Ghetto, according to a news release.—
Dawn Giangiulio,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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India has blamed Pakistan for the massacre, a charge Islamabad denies.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha delves into the tragic 2005 massacre in which U.S. marines killed numerous Iraqi civilians in Haditha, revealing the profound anguish of the victims’ families and the lack of accountability from the American government.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.—
Sandy Tolan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Before that, mass demon slaughter in Path of Exile 2. Blue Prince?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Watching the ramps drop down over the walls, the barrels roll out onto the battlefield, and the fiery carnage brought on by their explosions?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2025
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TikTok is peppered with videos of carnage at the movie theaters: huge bags of popcorn exploding across aisles, oceans of bodies roiling up and down, rolls of toilet paper flying from seats C2 to K14, boys being escorted by police out of screening rooms.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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Hutchinson's trial judge rejected that, instead agreeing with two prosecution psychologists and saying that no correlation between Hutchinson's diagnosis and the murders had been established, reported the Lakeland Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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After a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the initial murder trial last year, Read is being retried on charges including second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of a collision causing death.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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This site, containing hominin remains and butchery marks on animal remains, is dated to around 1.85 million years ago.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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European troops could be deployed to Ukraine under a potential ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump, according to report on efforts to end the bloodshed following Russia's invasion of its neighbor.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Parliament swiftly lifted martial law, and law enforcement institutions including military, police, and security services avoided potential bloodshed by exercising restraint despite tense stand-offs.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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