: an organized massacre of helpless people
specifically : such a massacre of Jews

pogrom

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verb

pogromed; pogroming; pogroms

transitive verb

: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom

Examples of pogrom in a Sentence

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Noun
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 Under his tenure, Hindu mobs carried out a pogrom there, killing at least 800 Muslims. Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024 World leaders condemn attacks as 'antisemitic' The riots prompted widespread condemnation from leaders around the world, some of whom characterized them as antisemitic attacks and likened them to pogroms, violent attacks on Jews, before and during the Holocaust. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pogrom 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Yiddish, from Russ, literally, devastation

First Known Use

Noun

1891, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pogrom was in 1891

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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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