as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion
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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.
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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
The empire’s third century ruling class felt otherwise, and thrice authorized pogroms of the empire’s largest religious minority.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
In his message, Villegas Henriquez criticized Halsema and blamed her policies for the pogrom.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
The empire’s third century ruling class felt otherwise, and thrice authorized pogroms of the empire’s largest religious minority.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
In his message, Villegas Henriquez criticized Halsema and blamed her policies for the pogrom.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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The tipster said a friend had access to an AR-15 rifle, had just ordered a bulletproof vest and admired Nikolas Cruz, who carried out a February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three school staff members.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The actual site of the massacre, however, has been relegated to history books.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Fatted calves for eventual psychic sacrificial slaughter?—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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The outbreak has resulted in the slaughter of millions of hens in an effort to curb the spread, resulting in higher egg prices.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
7 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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But the Staten Island district attorney’s office declined to prosecute the teen at the time in the hope of finding more evidence that could put Nesbitt-Hall behind the wheel of the car that caused the carnage.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The carnage from the third inning: 24 batters to the plate, seven singles, seven walks, four doubles, two errors and one hit by pitch.—
Mitch Light,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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