: an organized massacre of helpless people
specifically
: such a massacre of Jews
pogromed; pogroming; pogroms
: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
—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
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Hamas began this war on Oct. 7, 2023, with a pogrom against Israel, murdering, raping, burning, kidnapping.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
—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
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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