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 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 Blacks endured slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation; Jews carried centuries of antisemitism, pogroms, and exclusion. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pogrom
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  1. massacre
  2. slaughter
  3. holocaust
  4. carnage
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
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  • 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
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  • 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

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