as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion
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Selma, whose mother shared their home, had escaped from Russia as a toddler with her parents, fleeing the pogroms.
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The paramilitary force was also accused of participating in the mass killings of Jews during the Lviv pogroms of 1941.
—Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
That was just one of 6,500 rockets, more than 1,000 antitank missiles and hundreds of drones that the terror group has launched from poor, abused Lebanon into Israel since their pals in Hamas began their Oct. 7 pogrom of murder and rape and kidnapping against Israel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Riefenstahl’s hopes of ginning up American interest in her movie are dashed by Kristallnacht, the horrific pogrom that occurred in November 1938.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The paramilitary force was also accused of participating in the mass killings of Jews during the Lviv pogroms of 1941.
—Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
That was just one of 6,500 rockets, more than 1,000 antitank missiles and hundreds of drones that the terror group has launched from poor, abused Lebanon into Israel since their pals in Hamas began their Oct. 7 pogrom of murder and rape and kidnapping against Israel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Riefenstahl’s hopes of ginning up American interest in her movie are dashed by Kristallnacht, the horrific pogrom that occurred in November 1938.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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Israeli massacres of civilians, which have been condemned by the United Nations and by human rights organizations, have proved devastating for civil society and are being used by axis groups to foster their ideology of resistance.Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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This was an indirect way of criticizing Hezbollah, which started this new round of fighting by launching rockets at Israeli civilian targets the day after the October 7 massacre, ostensibly to show solidarity with Hamas.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement In both states, there are exemptions for lactating dairy cattle destined for slaughter.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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The measure’s passage would shut down a lamb slaughter plant that butchers up to 500,000 lambs per year, accounting for between 15 and 20 percent of all US lamb meat.Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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Five arrives last, on November 25, 1963, right in the middle of a nuclear holocaust.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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In the 1950s, the success of the Manhattan Project, combined with the emerging U.S.-Soviet rivalry, created the novel threat of a worldwide nuclear holocaust.Daniel Deudney, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Turning off unneeded lights is a good way to reduce this carnage.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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In the dark days after the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel and the ensuing military assault on Gaza, some dared hope the carnage could, in some way, become a catalyst for peace.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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