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pogrom

UK/ˈpɒɡɹəm//pəˈɡɹoʊm/

pogrom noun: a riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).

pogrom: a riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews)
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Noun

pogrom (plural pogroms)

  1. 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 perpetrators.
    • More strikingly, when blood ran on the streets of Pittsburgh after the pogrom at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, Trump did not meet with community leaders of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, nor the family members of the dead, nor even the city’s mayor. He spoke with Ron Dermer, Israel’s...2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019

Verb

pogrom (third-person singular simple present pogroms, present participle pogroming, simple past and past participle pogromed)

  1. (transitive) To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

pogrom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

pogrom in Hindi

riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
पोग्रोम pogrom

pogrom in Tamil

இனக்கொலை, நூழிலாட்டு

pogrom in Urdu

riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
پوگْروم pogrom

pogrom in Malayalam

mass murder, massacre, slaughter
വർഗ്ഗനശീകരണം, ഒരുവർഗ്ഗത്തെ ഒന്നടങ്കം കൊന്നൊടുക്കൽ, വംശീയകൊല, കൂട്ടക്കുരുതി, വംശീയകൂട്ടക്കൊല, ഒന്നിച്ചുകൊല്ലൽ
More languagesFewer languages
pogrom in Arabic
مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥa, بُوجْرُوم būjrūm, بُوغْرُوم būḡrūm
pogrom in Persian
پوگْروم pogrom
pogrom in Thai
โพกรม poo-grom

Forms of pogrom

Noun
pluralpogroms
Verb
third-person singular presentpogroms
present participlepogroming
past participlepogromed
pastpogromed

Origin of pogrom

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

Words formed from pogrom

Questions about pogrom

What does pogrom mean?
Pogrom means a riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
What is pogrom in Hindi?
Pogrom in Hindi is पोग्रोम (pogrom). See Pogrom meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pogrom?
Pogrom can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pogrom?
Pogrom is pronounced /ˈpɒɡɹəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of pogrom?
The plural of pogrom is pogroms.

Words near pogrom in the dictionary

  1. Pogosta disease
  2. pogosts
  3. Pogradec
  4. Pogranichny
  5. Pogrebki
  6. pogrom
  7. pogromed
  8. pogroming
  9. pogromism
  10. pogromist
  11. pogromists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pogrom (page history and authors); pogrom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pogrom (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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