Definitions for pogrom
pəˈgrʌm, -ˈgrɒm, poʊ-pogrom

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1. pogromnoun

   organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

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1. pogromnoun

   A riot aimed at persecution of a particular group, usually on the basis of their religion or ethnic origin.

2. Etymology: Via פאגראם, from погром.

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1. Pogrom

   A pogrom (Russian: погро́м) is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire (mostly within the Pale of Settlement). Similar attacks against Jews which also occurred at other times and places retrospectively became known as pogroms. Sometimes the word is used to describe publicly sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish groups. The characteristics of a pogrom vary widely, depending on the specific incident, at times leading to, or culminating in, massacres.Significant pogroms in the Russian Empire included the Odessa pogroms, Warsaw pogrom (1881), Kishinev pogrom (1903), Kiev pogrom (1905), and Białystok pogrom (1906). After the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, several pogroms occurred amidst the power struggles in Eastern Europe, including the Lwów pogrom (1918) and Kiev Pogroms (1919). The most significant pogrom which occurred in Nazi Germany was the 1938 Kristallnacht. At least 91 Jews were killed, a further thirty thousand arrested and subsequently incarcerated in concentration camps, a thousand synagogues burned, and over seven thousand Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged. Notorious pogroms of World War II included the 1941 Farhud in Iraq, the July 1941 Iași pogrom in Romania – in which over 13,200 Jews were killed – as well as the Jedwabne pogrom in German-occupied Poland. Post-World War II pogroms included the 1945 Tripoli pogrom, the 1946 Kielce pogrom and the 1947 Aleppo pogrom.

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1. pogrom

   A pogrom is a violent riot or massacre aimed against a particular ethnic, religious, or racial group, often with the implicit or explicit support of a government or other authority. It usually involves the killing or persecution of these individuals and often includes destruction of their homes, businesses or properties. This term is historically associated with attacks on Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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1. Pogrom

   A pogrom is an increasingly archaic term for a violent mob attack historically held in Europe between the Middle Ages and the late 19th century against Jews and often condoned by the public forces of law, characterized by slaughter and/or destruction of Jewish homes and properties, businesses, and religious centers. The term, a Yiddish variation on a Russian word meaning "thunder", originally entered the English language to describe 19th and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire; similar attacks against Jews at other times and places also became retrospectively known as pogroms. The word is now also sometimes used with debatable accuracy to describe publicly-sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish ethnic or religious groups. Significant pogroms in the Russian Empire included the Odessa pogroms, Warsaw pogrom, Kishinev pogrom, Kiev Pogrom, and Białystok pogrom, and, after the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Lwów pogrom and Kiev Pogroms. The most significant pogrom in Nazi Germany was the Kristallnacht of 1938in which at least an initial 91 Jews were killed by Nazi soldiers, a further 30,000 were arrested and subsequently incarcerated in concentration camps, more than 1,000 synagogues burned, and over 7,000 Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged.

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1. Pogrom

   Expresses the Slavonic for “devastation” or “desolation.” The word is allied to grom, thunder, thunder clash, and gromit, to thunder, batter down, as with a thunderbolt; utterly overthrow, destroy without mercy.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pogrom in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pogrom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pogrom in a Sentence

1. Febi Ramadhan:

   I was saddened and enraged by these continuous acts of violence, and I participated in the rally in downtown Chicago to fight together with Palestinians against this pogrom until the liberation of Palestine actually happens.

2. Yehuda Fuchs:

   We did not prepare for a pogrom on the scale of dozens of people who come with incendiary devices… they go and set fire to random Palestinian houses, vehicles, etc. – simply indiscriminate terror.

3. Yehuda Fuchs:

   This event in Huwara is a pogrom that was done by outlaws.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pogrom
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pogrom
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pogrom
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=pogrom