pogrom

[puh-gruhm, -grom, poh-] / pəˈgrʌm, -ˈgrɒm, poʊ- /

NOUN

massacre

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annihilation bloodbath bloodletting butchery carnage extermination genocide

STRONG

assassination bloodshed decimation murder slaughter slaying

WEAK

internecion

Example Sentences

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The term "pogrom" refers to violent attacks against Jews because of their religion.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Shlomo Mansour was born in Baghdad and as a child survived the Farhud pogrom against the Iraqi capital's Jewish community in 1941.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

"It's something we used to imagine from our grandfathers, grandmothers in the pogrom in Europe and other places," Israeli Major General Itai Veruv said.

From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2023

She recalled hearing glass shattering on Kristallnacht, the pogrom in November 1938 that marked a turning point in Hitler’s persecution of Jews in Europe.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023

The honour of the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Revolution demands that no pogrom be tolerated.

From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John