as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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The past 18 months have marked an extraordinarily turbulent period for Jews worldwide, with a pogrom launched against communities in southern Israel soon yielding a major spike in antisemitic incidents.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
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A number of those factions then engaged in a pogrom against Alawite civilians, residents and activists said.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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In 2007, the British journalist David Litchfield wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that guests at a ball at Schloss Rechnitz were invited to shoot Jews for sport—a claim disputed by historians, who do not dispute that the massacre took place.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump got a temporary reprieve when the markets closed Friday at 4 p.m., but expect the massacre to resume this morning at 9:30 when the opening bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Namely: Who bears responsibility for the slaughter of the season?—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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That concept of freedom might be better exemplified by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, another Third World death cult that promised liberation and promoted slaughter — and that came with its own prominent apologists on American college campuses.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. 66 million years ago an asteroid collided with the Earth triggering an environmental holocaust that killed the dinosaurs roaming our planet.—
Mark Settle,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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But in the two or three minutes since his initial departure, the fiery holocaust had somehow become even more deadly.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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As ever, though, the gains are far from uniform, and a handful of states continue to account for an oversized share of the carnage.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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After three days of market carnage, investors appeared to be seeking some buying opportunities.—
John Towfighi, David Goldman and Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2025
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
27 Dec. 2024
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In addition to witnessing bloodshed as a soldier and a journalist, Godwin has also lost his eldest sister, Jain, who was killed along with her fiancé and their best man in an army ambush in 1978, just weeks before her wedding.—
Dina Gachman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Billionaires have weighed in on the tariffs bloodshed, too.—
Harri Weber,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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