: 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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Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Under his tenure, Hindu mobs carried out a pogrom there, killing at least 800 Muslims.
—Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024
World leaders condemn attacks as 'antisemitic' The riots prompted widespread condemnation from leaders around the world, some of whom characterized them as antisemitic attacks and likened them to pogroms, violent attacks on Jews, before and during the Holocaust.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
The pogroms—incidents of blood, rape, and murder that took the lives of tens and tens of thousands of Jews over centuries in Europe's east—drove them west and to America.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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In his message, Villegas Henriquez criticized Halsema and blamed her policies for the pogrom.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Under his tenure, Hindu mobs carried out a pogrom there, killing at least 800 Muslims.
—Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024
World leaders condemn attacks as 'antisemitic' The riots prompted widespread condemnation from leaders around the world, some of whom characterized them as antisemitic attacks and likened them to pogroms, violent attacks on Jews, before and during the Holocaust.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
The pogroms—incidents of blood, rape, and murder that took the lives of tens and tens of thousands of Jews over centuries in Europe's east—drove them west and to America.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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