as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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The past 18 months have marked an extraordinarily turbulent period for Jews worldwide, with a pogrom launched against communities in southern Israel soon yielding a major spike in antisemitic incidents.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025 -
A number of those factions then engaged in a pogrom against Alawite civilians, residents and activists said.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Related article Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups Forces from the MSS and the Haitian National Police earlier carried out a search and rescue operation to locate the officer, Kenya’s National Police Service said.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Here, Munir may be vaccinating chickens rather than grabbing them on their way to slaughter, but the work is just as thankless and cruel.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some conservationists say the slaughter is cruel and unnecessary.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. 66 million years ago an asteroid collided with the Earth triggering an environmental holocaust that killed the dinosaurs roaming our planet.—
Mark Settle,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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But in the two or three minutes since his initial departure, the fiery holocaust had somehow become even more deadly.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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That image is a little haunting today, given the city’s recent wildfire carnage, but that emergent feeling adds to the haunted mood pervading The Studio.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2025
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They were taken down after the racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In February, the country recorded 47 murders, its lowest monthly homicide tally in 25 years, according to the government.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
27 Dec. 2024
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But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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