as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
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In 1881, in reaction to pogroms in Russia, Jewish groups that called themselves Lovers of Zion began organizing migration to Palestine and helped establish agricultural settlements there.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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The massacre was instantly infamous — as much a source of horror as of horrified fascination by the public.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The heinous, appalling and unjustifiable massacre of October 7 followed decades of violence.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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This precludes it from accommodating thousands of visitors eager to witness simulated slaughter.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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On October 7, 2023, as a terrorist army invaded Israel intending to commit genocide against the Jewish people, many world leaders rightly condemned Hamas’ murder, rape, and slaughter of Israelis and foreign nationals.—
Ofir Akunis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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In his director’s statement, the filmmaker reveals that the historical drama mines from his own family’s trauma, linking the effects that both the holocaust and the rise in communism in Hungary had on him and his loved ones.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
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In the holocaust of the South Bronx, lighting a match could seem like just hastening the inevitable.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The ensuing carnage was swift and savage.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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This was a team, however, that managed to score quite a bit last year, finishing 12th in goals per game, despite the carnage in the standings.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Cody Balmer, 38, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courtroom to attempted murder and other charges connected to the April arson of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's home.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bartnik was detained at the scene and ultimately charged with murder, per the release.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Sow is bringing the same energy seen in the halal BBQ world to halal butchery.—
Farhan Mustafa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Neanderthals who lived in present-day Israel may have passed down local butchery techniques, and experiments indicated that late Pleistocene Neanderthals’ stable nitrogen-isotope ratios indicate not hypercarnivory but a diet rich in maggots.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Eager for the bloodshed, displacement and destruction to stop, many Palestinians in Gaza were relieved to hear news that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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After two years of bloodshed, Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase one of a ceasefire deal.—
October 9,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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