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pogrom

noun
/ˈpɒɡɹəm/UK/pəˈɡɹoʊm/US/pəˈɡɹʌm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

  1. derived from погро́м
  2. borrowed from פּאָגראָם

Definitions

  1. A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group,…

    A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.

  2. An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of…

    An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.

  3. To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for pogrom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA