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 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 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for pogrom
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  1. massacre
  2. slaughter
  3. holocaust
  4. carnage
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  • Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • 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
  • In Season 1, audiences saw Lucy (Ella Purnell) learning the truth about her dad (Kyle MacLachlan)’s involvement in the nuclear holocaust.
    — Scott Huver, Variety, 20 May 2026
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • These weapons of war are designed to inflict the maximum amount of carnage and destruction and have no place in our communities.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Those rivalries, bravado and score-settling led to the carnage, Ng argued Monday.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of carnage

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