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Vinony

pogrom

noun

  1. violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒɡɹəm/ / /pəˈɡɹoʊm/ / /ˈpoʊɡɹəm/

noun

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

  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 ambassador to the United States.”

verb

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

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