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
  • America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.
    — Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • In 2022, 36 people were killed, 24 of them children, in a massacre at a childcare center in the northeast, believed to be the country’s deadliest incident of its kind.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In 2022, an ex-policeman armed with a gun and knife stormed into a nursery in the country's north and murdered 24 children and 12 adults in one of Thailand's deadliest massacres.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • Or an announcement that wildlife officials are planning a statewide slaughter of black bears.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • The implication was that a vote for the conservative Republican would lead to a nuclear holocaust.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • There is no other way to describe the catastrophe in Gaza than as a holocaust!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • And this time Roth won’t be pressured to tone down the carnage.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • New villains, new faces and a new level of action and carnage.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • Their son Nick, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing the filmmaker and his wife to death.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Police had not seen him again until he and Gilson were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the head in what law enforcement officials believe was a murder-suicide.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Hidden behind the tourist options across from the Astronomical Clock is Restaurant 420, a bright welcoming space that is packed with locals, with products are made in the basement bakery and butchery.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
  • Cut & Culture is a hands-on culinary journey with an interactive butchery session guided by expert chefs.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of butchery
Noun
  • Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Even in 2026, the category’s identity is anchored in infamous scenes of maiming, torture, and cathartic bloodshed.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Definition of bloodshed
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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