: an organized massacre of helpless people
specifically
: such a massacre of Jews
pogromed; pogroming; pogroms
: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom
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Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
That was just one of 6,500 rockets, more than 1,000 antitank missiles and hundreds of drones that the terror group has launched from poor, abused Lebanon into Israel since their pals in Hamas began their Oct. 7 pogrom of murder and rape and kidnapping against Israel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Riefenstahl’s hopes of ginning up American interest in her movie are dashed by Kristallnacht, the horrific pogrom that occurred in November 1938.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
That would change abruptly with the rise of Hitler and his antisemitic pogroms.
—Ethan Sacks, NBC News, 13 July 2024
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The paramilitary force was also accused of participating in the mass killings of Jews during the Lviv pogroms of 1941.
—Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
That was just one of 6,500 rockets, more than 1,000 antitank missiles and hundreds of drones that the terror group has launched from poor, abused Lebanon into Israel since their pals in Hamas began their Oct. 7 pogrom of murder and rape and kidnapping against Israel.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Riefenstahl’s hopes of ginning up American interest in her movie are dashed by Kristallnacht, the horrific pogrom that occurred in November 1938.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
That would change abruptly with the rise of Hitler and his antisemitic pogroms.
—Ethan Sacks, NBC News, 13 July 2024
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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