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
This perception was integral to the hate that motivated mass violence in Europe as late as the 19th and 20th centuries, including pogroms in Russia and even Nazi genocide.
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Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The killings, which began with clashes between Assad loyalists and pro-government forces, turned into an all-out sectarian pogrom targeting Alawites, members of an Islamic sect who dominate Syria’s coastal regions and are viewed by some Muslims as apostates.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Its residents have burned Palestinian olive groves, cars, homes, and mosques, and rampaged through villages in deadly attacks that even some Israeli officials have felt comfortable calling pogroms.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Lesser recounted his story of survival, detailing how his family evaded the Krakow Ghetto, escaped a Nazi pogrom, and endured the Bochnia Ghetto, according to a news release.
—Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Nathanael Andrade, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The killings, which began with clashes between Assad loyalists and pro-government forces, turned into an all-out sectarian pogrom targeting Alawites, members of an Islamic sect who dominate Syria’s coastal regions and are viewed by some Muslims as apostates.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Its residents have burned Palestinian olive groves, cars, homes, and mosques, and rampaged through villages in deadly attacks that even some Israeli officials have felt comfortable calling pogroms.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Lesser recounted his story of survival, detailing how his family evaded the Krakow Ghetto, escaped a Nazi pogrom, and endured the Bochnia Ghetto, according to a news release.
—Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pogrom
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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
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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
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There were so many pancaked cars in that show that the carnage is almost desensitizing.—
Joe Salas
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Politics Rocks the Palais Cannes’ opening night overflows with lyrical odes to the power of cinema, but this year’s kickoff was overshadowed by the chaos and carnage rocking the world.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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