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pogrom

noun

Definition of pogrom

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 My parents escaped the pogroms of eastern Europe, came here and faced hardships. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026 Blacks endured slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation; Jews carried centuries of antisemitism, pogroms, and exclusion. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2026 Most Jews in South Africa came from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia—escaping pogroms and the restrictions on their lives imposed by Czarist Russia, and attracted to South Africa by reports of newfound wealth. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026 While the Chinese pavilion charmed visitors to the Centennial, Chinese immigrants in California were enduring racist pogroms. — Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pogrom

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Investigators found a shrine in Colt Gray's bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The arrival of these trains and news of communal massacres in places such as Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bihar erode the village’s sense of security, despite the inhabitants having lived in harmony for years prior.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of massacre

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When poultry get infected, there is a near-zero chance of survival, so governments across the world have embarked on mass slaughter campaigns in infected farms to slow the spread.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Bison slaughter was a form of biocide in service of genocide, although neither ultimately achieved its aims.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

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The shenanigans are interrupted by news that the French have retaken Fort Douaumont, marking the end of the carnage at Verdun.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
This is the beautiful, idealized land of Ithaca finally being consumed by the carnage from across the seas.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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