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
  • Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The most infamous pogrom took place in 1903 in Kishinev, a landlocked city in the Russian province of Bessarabia.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Moreover, although the 1921 report asserts that the massacre (then called a riot) was not the result of 'racial feeling,' perpetrators of the massacre overtly expressed and acted upon racial bias.
    Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • With dead-eyed thoroughness, their avatars kill around 100 characters a day — slaughters that simultaneously advance the siblings’ online progress and strengthen their real-life bond.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.
    Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Los Angeles will remain under a Red Flag Warning on Thursday as multiple fires across the county have caused unprecedented and historic carnage and destruction, wasting away 45 square miles, amounting to the size of the city of San Francisco.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • Relatives of some of the victims murdered by a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper have backed a call for the investigation to be reopened after new evidence emerged. Jack the Ripper, whose identity has never been confirmed, was linked to 11 murders between 1888 and 1892 in east London.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The White House also sought to tackle transnational repression by issuing a travel ban on Saudi citizens connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and by tasking federal agencies to reach out to diaspora communities across the United States.
    Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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
  • Netanyahu Postpones Gaza Ceasefire Deal Over Hamas 'Last Minute Crisis' By Ellie Cook Security & Defense Reporter 2 In the shadow of an imminent ceasefire and hostage deal to end 15 months of bloodshed in Gaza, the future of the devastated Palestinian enclave is still uncertain.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The back-and-forth is inevitable given the striking timing of an agreement that — finally — holds out some hope of an end to a period of catastrophic bloodshed.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of bloodshed
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