as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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Noun
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His ancestors fled pogroms in Ukraine to make their fortune in the United States.—
Lisa Lerer,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025 -
Jacobo Timerman, its founding editor, was a committed advocate for human rights and democratic institutions whose family had come to Argentina fleeing pogroms in Ukraine in the late 1920s.—
Lily Meyer,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
Noun
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These included a shopping mall siege in 2013 that killed over 60, a bus hijacking in 2014 that killed 28, and a 2015 college massacre where 148 people—predominantly Christian students—were killed.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Israel on Thursday recovered the bodies of two hostages who were abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre that ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.—
Bradford Betz , Yael Rotem-Kuriel,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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His 2020 documentary Gunda, executive produced by Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, examined the life of a pig raising a farrow of piglets who are then seized and sent to slaughter.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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At the moment, most American beef cannot be exported to Britain, in part because of the widespread practice of hormone treatment but also because of other regulations, including those covering the method of slaughter.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Fallout forces him to choose between them and nuclear holocaust.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Paul Hill, who was executed for gunning down a Florida clinic doctor and a volunteer in 1994, cited Bonhoeffer in viewing the attacks against clinics as a way of preventing a holocaust.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Prom Queen ends in carnage when Megan realizes some of the other prom queen nominees, Christy Renault (Greenblatt), Melissa (Rubin) and Debbie (Ablack) have vanished.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Structurally, this is a gigantic change, perhaps even revolutionary, though the driving itself is quintessentially Mario Kart: drifting elegance, power-up carnage, albeit now featuring up to 24 competitors, which means the on-road action is set to be even more frenzied.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
Noun
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After being arrested at the end of season two during her wedding for the murder of Cynthia’s (Sabrina Grdevich) husband, Tom, Georgia is now on trial for her life in the show’s third installment.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2025
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The manhunt continues for Decker, who has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping in the deaths of his daughters Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Life, like baking or butchery, is a messy business.—
Jennifer Harlan,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And the world as a whole will experience more bloodshed, as both governments and separatists, unencumbered by global sanctions or normative restrictions, become more assertive.—
Ryan D. Griffiths,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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Now, after all these years and all this bloodshed, Ukraine is once again being asked to accept the idea that Crimea belongs to Russia.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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