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View usage for: (pɒgrəm, US pəgrɑːm) Word forms: plural pogromscountable nounA pogrom is organized, official violence against a group of people for racial or religious reasons. Synonyms: massacre, slaughter, holocaust, persecution More Synonyms of pogrom pogrom in British English (ˈpɒɡrəm) nounan organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews Word origin C20: via Yiddish from Russian: destruction, from po- like + grom thunder pogrom in American English (ˈpoʊgrəm; ˈpoʊˌgrɑm; poʊˈgrɑm) noun an organized persecution and massacre, often officially prompted, of a minority group, esp. of Jews (as in czarist Russia) SIMILAR WORDS: ˈslaughter Word origin < Russ, earlier, riot, storm < po-, on, at, by (< IE * pos-, after > L post) + grom, thunder: see grim Examples of 'pogrom' in a sentencepogrom The pogrom was savage, and relentless, and shocking, even by the...His immediate family, as well as Mama's, had been wiped out in a pogrom many years ago. Definition an organized persecution and massacre a systematic pogrom against their southern neighbours Synonyms persecution ethnic cleansing (euphemistic) witch-hunt victimization bloodbath mass murder annihilation bloodletting mass killing decimation Additional synonymsthe extermination of thousands of innocent people Synonyms destruction, murder, massacre, slaughter, killing, wiping out, genocide, elimination, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), mass murder, annihilation, eradication, extirpation (formal) Definition the deliberate killing of a people or nation They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out. Synonyms massacre, killing, murder, slaughter, holocaust, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), carnage, extermination, mass murder, annihilation, pogrom, butchery, mass slaughter Definition destruction or loss of life on a massive scale a fund for survivors of the holocaust and their families Synonyms genocide, massacre, carnage, mass murder, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), annihilation, pogrom- poetic
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Additional synonymsDefinition the savage killing of a person The annual slaughter of wildlife is horrific. Synonyms slaying, killing, murder, massacre, holocaust, bloodshed, carnage, liquidation, extermination, butchery, blood bath |