pogrom

pogrom Definition

po·grom (pō′grəm, -gräm′; pō gräm′)

noun

an organized persecution and massacre, often officially prompted, of a minority group, esp. of Jews (as in czarist Russia)

Etymology: < Russ, earlier, riot, storm < po-, on, at, by (< IE *pos-, after > L post) + grom, thunder: see grim

pogrom Synonyms

slaughter, carnage, mass murder, massacre; see carnage, murder. See syn. study at carnage.

pogrom Usage Examples

Converse of object

escape: The family had escaped the pogroms in Galicia which was then part of the Austrian Empire.
start: The most aggressive group broke into the building and started a pogrom.
face: They faced a pogrom by cops and fascists - nationalists.

Preposition: at

end: His parents had escaped from Russia in one of the pogroms at the end of the nineteenth century and gone to South Africa.

Adjective modifier

anti-semitic: Werth estimates that 150,000 people were killed in the anti-semitic pogroms conducted by Denikin's troops in 1919.

Noun used with modifier

Preposition: against

Preposition: of

history: It is a product of pogroms, and is itself the greatest pogrom of history.

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