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
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.
