Look up: pogrom

1. pogrom
   [n] - organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
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2. pogrom
   Unprovoked violent attack on an ethnic group, particularly Jews, carried out with official sanction. The Russian pogroms against Jews began in 1881, after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, and...
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3. pogrom
   noun organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
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4. pogrom
   (Russian: `devastation,` or `riot`), a mob attack, either approved or condoned by authorities, against the persons and property of a religious, ... [5 related articles]
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5. pogrom
   pogrom (pō'grum, pōgrom') , Russian term, originally meaning “riot,” that came to be applied to a series of violent attacks on Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th cent. Pogroms were few before the assassination of Alexander II in 1881; after that, with the ...
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6. pogrom
   Unprovoked violent attack on an ethnic group, particularly Jews, carried out with official sanction. The Russian pogroms against Jews began in 1881, after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, and again in 1903–06; persecution of the Jews remained constant until the Russian Revolution. Later there were pogroms in Eastern Europe, especial...
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7. Pogrom
   :For the volcano in the Aleutian Islands, see погром-->) is a form of violent riot, a mob attack directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by killings and destruction of their homes and properties, businesses, and religious cent...
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