as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion
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Recent Examples of pogrom
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The violence quickly escalated nationwide, with ultranationalist groups and gangs organizing further attacks across several cities, prompting some Turkish outlets to characterize the events as pogroms.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The violence quickly escalated nationwide, with ultranationalist groups and gangs organizing further attacks across several cities, prompting some Turkish outlets to characterize the events as pogroms.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
In the pogroms that followed, more than 1,000 people were butchered, most of them Muslim.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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There remains some debate over whether the attack led by John Mason, a Connecticut Colony founder honored with a statue in a niche on the Capitol, can be celebrated as Pequot War victory or a criminal massacre of women and children.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Orlando City Council last month endorsed a design for a memorial unanimously approved by the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee, which included relatives of the 49 people who died in the massacre and some members who had visited the club that horrible night in June 2016.—
Stephen Hudak,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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The women in the fresco are both hunters and dancers, suggesting that the duality of slaughter and revelry was a central tenet.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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More victims sent to slaughter In 2024, pig butchering revenue grew nearly 40% year over year, with the number of deposits to pig butchering scams growing nearly 210% over the same period, according to Chainalysis.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 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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In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2025
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By the end of the carnage, the pop star is incarcerated for the murders, but the Levelists, who all managed to escape the compound before police arrived, are spread out across disparate communities, blending in, waiting.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Nihilistic action comedies such as Novocaine are built on juxtaposing irreverent humor with cathartic carnage, which can sometimes feel off-putting and contrived.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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