as in genocide
the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion
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Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
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Robert Lloyd, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Gluckowsky likened the Bondi Beach attack to the pogroms that European Jews endured for centuries.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2026
Though the mass of Jewish migration, escaping Russian pogroms and Nazi Germany in succeeding waves, occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some arrived before the revolution; but the Constitution, which enshrined religious freedom, granted them legal rights.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Gluckowsky likened the Bondi Beach attack to the pogroms that European Jews endured for centuries.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
Noun
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Infowars is facing liquidation because of the more than $1 billion in defamation lawsuit judgments Jones owes relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre as early as 2022, renting a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Peace journalism is a form of news reporting by which reporters frame their stories in ways that facilitate nonviolent responses to conflict, for example, by avoiding inflammatory words such as massacre, slaughter, or brutal.—
Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As holocaust survivors get older and die, educators around the world are concerned about younger generations having little access to survivor testimonies.—
Lauren Costantino
March 27,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Silo, references to a toxic world imply that half a million people were sent underground to protect them from the horrors of a nuclear holocaust.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Trial takes place in downtown Sacramento just blocks from the carnage.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Their handiwork was on display in the lobby’s Museum of Bizarre Diskasters, an exhibition of silicon carnage.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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