genocide

noun

Definition of genocidenext
as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genocide
  1. pogrom
  2. massacre
  3. slaughter
  4. holocaust
  5. carnage
  6. murder
  7. butchery
  8. bloodshed
Noun
  • 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
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • Jones’s site was put up for sale as part of his bankruptcy case in the wake of the nearly $1.5 billion that courts ordered Jones to pay families tied to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings for falsely calling the massacre a hoax.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last month, The Onion won the bidding for Infowars, which has been forced to sell its assets after a $1.4 billion defamation judgment in favor of the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • The mass slaughter is traced back to Bhagwan Chowdhary, the founder of the Gadhimai temple in Bariyarpur, Bara District.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As Christmas approaches, and strange occurrences like the mass slaughter of reindeer start to transpire, Pietari and those around him discover the boy is only half-right and the real trouble is even deeper and stranger.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • 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
  • More exotic theories include that the CIA concealed evidence of Soviet complicity in the assassination in the belief that exposure of this would inexorably lead to a nuclear holocaust.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • The urgency and depth of the national crisis compelled them to create narratives addressing the intimate human consequences of the unspeakable carnage around them.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • One casualty of this carnage is Lawtey’s Rob, another character who comes to see the light as he’s betrayed by Yasmin (whom he’s had a crush on since Season 1).
    Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • In another high-profile case, Mangione, the man facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was reported missing last month by his mother.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as Manhattan prosecutors work to return him from Pennsylvania to face a murder charge.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Tate added that residents have expressed interest in utilizing animal byproducts, such as eggs, honey and even feathers for textiles, noting that animal butchery is only at licensed slaughterhouses — not at residential properties.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This small neighborhood restaurant focuses on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table, emphasizing minimizing waste and supporting a sustainable food system in the Great Lakes region.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of butchery
Noun
  • But amid the bloodshed, there was also a sense of closure for this chaotic and influential Montana family.
    William Earl, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Both involved some actual bloodshed, which probably accounts for their relative fame.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of bloodshed
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