: 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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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The most infamous pogrom took place in 1903 in Kishinev, a landlocked city in the Russian province of Bessarabia.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The empire’s third century ruling class felt otherwise, and thrice authorized pogroms of the empire’s largest religious minority.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
In his message, Villegas Henriquez criticized Halsema and blamed her policies for the pogrom.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Israel was formed by Jews who saw the region as their historical homeland and who were fleeing persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust in Europe, and persecution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The most infamous pogrom took place in 1903 in Kishinev, a landlocked city in the Russian province of Bessarabia.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The empire’s third century ruling class felt otherwise, and thrice authorized pogroms of the empire’s largest religious minority.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
In his message, Villegas Henriquez criticized Halsema and blamed her policies for the pogrom.
—Canaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Pogrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogrom. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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