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
Noting that her grandparents had escaped pogroms in Russia, Goldin remarked that the events in Gaza reminded her of those pogroms.
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News Desk, Artforum, 25 Nov. 2024
But pioneering Zionist settlement in Palestine began as a secularist revolution against religious Diaspora parochialism as much as against pogroms.
—Bernard Avishai, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Hamas began this war on Oct. 7, 2023, with a pogrom against Israel, murdering, raping, burning, kidnapping.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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News Desk, Artforum, 25 Nov. 2024
But pioneering Zionist settlement in Palestine began as a secularist revolution against religious Diaspora parochialism as much as against pogroms.
—Bernard Avishai, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Hamas began this war on Oct. 7, 2023, with a pogrom against Israel, murdering, raping, burning, kidnapping.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
In fact, most scholars agree that a pogrom could be perpetrated by Jews.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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In 2007, the British journalist David Litchfield wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that guests at a ball at Schloss Rechnitz were invited to shoot Jews for sport—a claim disputed by historians, who do not dispute that the massacre took place.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump got a temporary reprieve when the markets closed Friday at 4 p.m., but expect the massacre to resume this morning at 9:30 when the opening bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Namely: Who bears responsibility for the slaughter of the season?—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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That concept of freedom might be better exemplified by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, another Third World death cult that promised liberation and promoted slaughter — and that came with its own prominent apologists on American college campuses.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 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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As ever, though, the gains are far from uniform, and a handful of states continue to account for an oversized share of the carnage.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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After three days of market carnage, investors appeared to be seeking some buying opportunities.—
John Towfighi, David Goldman and Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pogrom. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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