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pogroms

pogroms is the plural of pogrom.

Meaning of pogrom

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

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Questions about pogroms

What is pogroms the plural of?
Pogroms is the plural of pogrom.

Words near pogroms in the dictionary

  1. pogromized
  2. pogromizes
  3. pogromizing
  4. pogromnik
  5. pogromniks
  6. pogroms
  7. pogromshchik
  8. pogromshchiki
  9. pogromshchiks
  10. pogs
  11. Pogson

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