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
Lesser recounted his story of survival, detailing how his family evaded the Krakow Ghetto, escaped a Nazi pogrom, and endured the Bochnia Ghetto, according to a news release.
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Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The violence quickly escalated nationwide, with ultranationalist groups and gangs organizing further attacks across several cities, prompting some Turkish outlets to characterize the events as pogroms.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The violence quickly escalated nationwide, with ultranationalist groups and gangs organizing further attacks across several cities, prompting some Turkish outlets to characterize the events as pogroms.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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India has blamed Pakistan for the massacre, a charge Islamabad denies.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha delves into the tragic 2005 massacre in which U.S. marines killed numerous Iraqi civilians in Haditha, revealing the profound anguish of the victims’ families and the lack of accountability from the American government.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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Before that, mass demon slaughter in Path of Exile 2. Blue Prince?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.—
Sandy Tolan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Paul Hill, who was executed for gunning down a Florida clinic doctor and a volunteer in 1994, cited Bonhoeffer in viewing the attacks against clinics as a way of preventing a holocaust.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The show tells the stories of young soldiers caught in the abyss of the Vietnam War and the protest movement that sought to end the carnage.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Even with Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland sidelined by a toe issue for the second consecutive game, the carnage remained almost effortless for Cleveland.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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