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pogrom

/ˈpɒɡɹəm/ UK
/pəˈɡɹoʊm/ US
/ˈpoʊɡɹəm/ US
/pəˈɡɹʌm/
/pəˈɡɹɑm/
/poʊ-/

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡɹəm, (General American) -oʊɡɹəm, (General American) -oʊm

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

noun pogroms

A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
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 ambassa

verb pogroms · pogroming · pogromed

transitive To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

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

Español	pogromo
한국어	포그롬 pogeurom
日本語	ポグロム poguromu
中文	大屠殺 /大屠杀 dàtúshā
हिन्दी	पोग्रोम pogrom
Português	pogrom
Français	pogrom
Deutsch	Pogrom
Italiano	pogrom
Ελληνικά	πογκρόμ pogkróm
Română	pogrom
Русский	погро́м pogróm
العربية	مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥa, بُوجْرُوم būjrūm, بُوغْرُوم būḡrūm
עברית	פּוֹגְרוֹם pogróm

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@misc{pogrom_2026,
  title = {pogrom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pogrom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}