Synonyms of pogrom

pogrom

noun

as in genocide

the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion

Related Words

• genocide
• massacre
• slaughter
• holocaust
• carnage
• butchery
• murder
• bloodbath
• bloodshed
• homicide
• slaying
• manslaughter
• death
• extermination
• mortality
• bloodletting
• annihilation
• destruction
• devastation
• assassination
• execution
• foul play
• eradication
• decimation
• demolishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pogrom

Anti-Jewish riots, or pogroms, swept Russia in the late 19th century. — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

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