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
Batra left India in the 1980s, after her parents were murdered during a state pogrom against Sikhs, according to the Texas Observer.
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Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
And the settlers take advantage of the war; there are now daily, perhaps hourly, pogroms, including killing Palestinians in cold blood and with total impunity.
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Dahlia Krutkovich,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
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Robert Lloyd,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
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Robert Lloyd,
Houston Chronicle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
And the settlers take advantage of the war; there are now daily, perhaps hourly, pogroms, including killing Palestinians in cold blood and with total impunity.
—
Dahlia Krutkovich,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—
Robert Lloyd,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—
Robert Lloyd,
Houston Chronicle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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Investigators said interviews with Sayer after his arrest indicated he was influenced by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 that left 13 dead.
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Sacramento County prosecutors have placed Martin and Payton at the center of the massacre, a shootout at 10th and K streets that prosecutors say was fueled by gang rivalry, score-settling, anger and bravado, with deadly consequences.
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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The cabin sat on the banks of the not-so-mighty Potomac, looking north toward Antietam Creek and the great slaughter of September 17, 1862, and on the site of the Battle of Boteler’s Ford, fought two days later.
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There is no other way to describe the catastrophe in Gaza than as a holocaust!
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In Season 1, audiences saw Lucy (Ella Purnell) learning the truth about her dad (Kyle MacLachlan)’s involvement in the nuclear holocaust.
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The size and speed of the Gen 4 car on the circuit used in January might create either carnage or a Monaco-like parade without the Monaco glitz.
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The most shocking of the weekend’s carnage was the mass drive-by shooting at a large Juneteenth gathering in Roseland on the South Side in which at least 14 were injured.
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