pogrom

noun

Definition of pogromnext
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 Later in the 19th century, pogroms across Eastern Europe and the aftermath of Italian reunification drove a surge of migration to the United States. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Felix Kallmann, who, in addition to collecting art, ran a lightbulb-making company called Deutsche Gasglühlicht and the film production company Universum Film AG de Babelsberg, died of a heart attack a few days after the Kristallnacht pogrom. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba. — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 My parents escaped the pogroms of eastern Europe, came here and faced hardships. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pogrom
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  1. massacre
  2. slaughter
  3. holocaust
  4. carnage
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  • Hong Kong — Two key organizers behind what used to be the only large-scale public commemoration for the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil have been found guilty of inciting subversion by a court in Hong Kong.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Their lawsuit against Jones and the 2022 verdict marked the first time he was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.
    — Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
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  • The Analysts estimate that Tyson Foods has cut its slaughter capacity by 50% since announcing the closure of its Lexington plant last year.
    — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Just prior to that announcement, one of Canada’s two horse slaughter plants was shuttered.
    — Wayne Pacelle, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaughter
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  • 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
  • The implication was that a vote for the conservative Republican would lead to a nuclear holocaust.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of holocaust
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  • In Oak Street, almost an entire neighborhood is killed off, largely off camera, but the film never shies from showing the resulting carnage littering the streets.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Again and again, the camera, wielded by the director of photography Mike Gioulakis, glides past scenes of horror and carnage with an elegance that verges on indifference.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of carnage

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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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