pogrom
an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
Origin of pogrom
1Other words for pogrom
Words that may be confused with pogrom
- pogrom , program
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How to use pogrom in a sentence
Modi’s ministers and legislators freely call on people to shoot “traitors” and start pogroms, and are promoted rather than penalized for their actions.
Even as the pogrom becomes common knowledge, there are many truths about it that likely won’t ever be known.
Why it took 100 years for America to learn about the Tulsa massacre | Fabiola Cineas | May 30, 2021 | VoxWe have, in a short period of time, experienced periodic pogroms and other political forms of death.
Why the world must witness pictures of India’s mass Covid-19 cremations | Kamayani Sharma | May 21, 2021 | VoxWe don’t like use a word pogrom unless we can use it in Africa or someplace else.
A Forgotten Election Day Massacre in Florida That Still Haunts Today | Sean Braswell | October 23, 2020 | OzyAs of this writing, Ukraine is drawing to a close the bloodiest day of a 72-hour pogrom.
Ukraine Is On the Verge Of War And Putin Is To Blame | Michael Weiss | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The pro-Nazi Palestinian leader, Haj Amin al-Husseini, instigated the Farhud pogrom against the Jews of Iraq in 1941.
Things came to a head in 1983, in a vicious anti-Tamil pogrom during which thousands of Tamils were killed by mobs.
The Whites put up a provocateur as before a pogrom in Russia.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamI remember a time when I thought a pogrom had broken out in our street, and I wonder that I did not die of fear.
The Promised Land | Mary AntinWell, if you must know, I was convalescing when these same Chows started a pogrom in the next camp.
These gentry know well the precise points where a pogrom can most easily be started.
Six days of the Irish Republic | Louis Redmond-HowardThe pogrom, it seemed, had been accomplished by an energy weapon which ate great, gaping holes in the sides of buildings.
Letter of the Law | Alan Edward Nourse
British Dictionary definitions for pogrom
/ (ˈpɒɡrəm) /
an organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews
Origin of pogrom
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for pogrom
[ (puh-grum, puh-grom, poh-gruhm) ]
Notes for pogrom
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