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
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 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
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
Noun
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A week after the massacre, two hundred soldiers and six hundred and fifty Chinese miners arrived in Rock Springs.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, a camera operator on the doc appears to have shown support on social media for the Oct. 7 massacre in 2023, when Hamas killed around 1,200 people.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Mar. 2025
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The site of the slaughter in the novel is called Camp Patience.—
Fintan O’Toole,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2025
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However, have the protesters ever marched against the holocaust in Syria, where more than 600,000 people were killed to keep a tyrant in power?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2024
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When Mohammed Shami spilled a caught and bowled attempt off his leading edge with the first legitimate ball of the match, Indian fears of a century of carnage multiplied.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile wanted to find out whether an emergency operation like the one mounted by the Obama administration that successfully put down a 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa would be possible after Musk’s carnage.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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