as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion
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Recent Examples of pogrom
In Iași alone over a three-day period in June 1941, more than 13,000 Jews — more than a third of the city’s Jewish population — were massacred, marking one of the worst pogroms of World War II.
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Over centuries of living under Christian rule, Jews were subject to periods of favor and periods of persecution, pogroms, and expulsions.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
During the Crusades, the Inquisition, and countless pogroms, Jews were demonized as infidels who refused to abandon their faith, even under threat of death.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Indeed, the November pogrom and its aftermath foreshadowed the mass shooting squads and death camps of the early 1940s – institutions that were likewise products of a willful malice toward Jews.
—Michael Scott Bryant, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2023
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Over centuries of living under Christian rule, Jews were subject to periods of favor and periods of persecution, pogroms, and expulsions.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
During the Crusades, the Inquisition, and countless pogroms, Jews were demonized as infidels who refused to abandon their faith, even under threat of death.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Indeed, the November pogrom and its aftermath foreshadowed the mass shooting squads and death camps of the early 1940s – institutions that were likewise products of a willful malice toward Jews.
—Michael Scott Bryant, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
Noun
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Juries are often reluctant to convict law enforcement officers for inaction, as seen after the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, Fla.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Juries are often reluctant to convict law enforcement officers for inaction, as seen after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre in 2018.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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All the noisy cheer-leading from afar while slaughter reigns on the ground and nothing is done to stop it,,, seems a lot more like irresponsible armchairing than the op-ed.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Authorities invoked the phrase in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and in 2024 during university campus protests against Israel’s slaughter in Gaza.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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According to a social media post made by Senior Rabbi Evan Schultz, the menorah had been built by a holocaust survivor.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Zbur said this while in the presence of a descendant of a holocaust survivor, who had to excuse herself from the chamber, according to GOP Assembly member Kate Sanchez.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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The kitchen knife used in to carry out the carnage was also there, according to authorities.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Only now, more than a week later, have details corroborating the scope of the carnage begun to emerge.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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