pogrom

1880–85; (<Yiddish ) <Russian pogróm literally, destruction, devastation (of a town, country, etc., as in war), noun derivative of pogromít’, equivalent to po- perfective prefix + gromít’ to destroy, devastate, derivative of grom thunder

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pogrom

pogrom , program

Words nearby pogrom

pogonia, pogonip, pogonophile, pogonophoran, pogo stick, pogrom, Pogson ratio, pogy, Pohai, Pohang, pohiri

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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.
Is India Headed for an Anti-Muslim Genocide?|Debasish Roy Chowdhury|October 4, 2021|Time
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|Vox
We 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|Vox
We 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|Ozy

As 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|DAILY BEAST
The pro-Nazi Palestinian leader, Haj Amin al-Husseini, instigated the Farhud pogrom against the Jews of Iraq in 1941.
Denigrating Jewish Refugees|Lyn Julius|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Things came to a head in 1983, in a vicious anti-Tamil pogrom during which thousands of Tamils were killed by mobs.
Fighting Terrorism at Too High a Price|Aravind Adiga|May 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The Whites put up a provocateur as before a pogrom in Russia.
The Soul of John Brown|Stephen Graham
I 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 Antin
Well, if you must know, I was convalescing when these same Chows started a pogrom in the next camp.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919|Various
These gentry know well the precise points where a pogrom can most easily be started.
Six days of the Irish Republic|Louis Redmond-Howard
The 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

pogrom

/ (ˈpɒɡrəm) /

noun

an organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews

Word Origin for pogrom

C20: via Yiddish from Russian: destruction, from po- like + grom thunder

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Cultural definitions for pogrom

pogrom

[ (puh-grum, puh-grom, poh-gruhm) ]

A massacre or persecution instigated by the government or by the ruling class against a minority group, particularly Jews (see also Jews).

notes for pogrom

Pogroms were common in Russia during the nineteenth century.

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