as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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There was humor in Kosky’s staging, but it was replaced by horror at what suddenly started to look like a pogrom.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025 -
Noting that her grandparents had escaped pogroms in Russia, Goldin remarked that the events in Gaza reminded her of those pogroms.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
25 Nov. 2024
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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Among the editions that helped The Observer earn a top-10 designation were cover stories on the 40th anniversary of the Sweet 16, on the 25th anniversary of the Rae Carruth murder trial, on Johnson C. Smith football, and a feature package on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.—
Observer staff report,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
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This comes as police killings have also long raised concerns from the public, most notably leading to massive Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in 2020 following the death of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of his murder.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Devonshire is made up of four floors: butchery and cellar in the basement; the pub and by invitation-only green room on the ground level, with the restaurant and main kitchen on floor one followed by the Claret Room, the pub’s largest room on the second floor along with the terrace.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
10 Dec. 2024
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On his last full day as president, Joe Biden celebrated as a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas officially took effect, raising hopes that months of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip were finally coming to an end.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Getting there, though, requires a bit of bloodshed.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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