genocide

noun

Definition of genocidenext
as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genocide
  1. pogrom
  2. massacre
  3. slaughter
  4. holocaust
  5. carnage
  6. murder
  7. butchery
  8. bloodshed
Noun
  • Throughout history, pogroms and persecution were fueled by lies that portrayed Jews as less than human.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Qusra has suffered from constant settler pogroms over the last few months.
    — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • Under Burgum's 2025 campaign, signs, books, films and exhibits covering topics such as slavery, climate change and the massacre of Native Americans were flagged and removed from national parks and monuments nationwide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But outrage erupted as tour proceeds are set to fund the radical Palestinian Youth Movementâa extreme group that openly cheered Hamas's brutal October 7 massacre.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • By the time security forces regained control, entire communities had been devastated by the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
  • By the third episode, murderous Jason begins to more prominently feature in episodes, and the gory deaths begin, as a swarm of innocent hippies ignore warnings and are drawn into the camp, like lambs to the slaughter.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • And just a few months before giving this talk at the Filmart, Dad had recorded the carnage on both these fronts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the midst of the carnage, Herbst seemed to have hit the wall and lost his ability to hit the brakes.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Rescuers were hoping to reach into any spaces left in the basement and the ground level, which had been rented out for an electronics shop, a butchery and a grocery while construction continued on the upper floors.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Running parallel to this butchery investigation is the arrival of perpetually hungover FBI agent Gwen Birgssen, played by British actress Lily James with an incomprehensible southern drawl and some clunky platitudes that veer into genre parody.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of butchery
Noun
  • These laws had accumulated piecemeal over generations, but American critics portrayed them as a single system with bloodshed at its center.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After those twelve days, the bloodshed followed a deliberate design.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of bloodshed
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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