Synonyms for pogrom
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puh-gruhm, -grom, poh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈgrʌm, -ˈgrɒm, poʊ- |
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Définition of pogrom
Origin :- 1882, from Yiddish pogrom, from Russian pogromu "devastation, destruction," from po- "by, through, behind, after" (cognate with Latin post-; see post-) + gromu "thunder, roar," from PIE imitative root *ghrem- (see grim).
- noun massacre
- Once more the days of expecting a pogrom in Uliassutai returned to us.
- Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
- Often we heard that the pogrom was led by a priest carrying a cross before the mob.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- A massacre (pogrom) of the Jews was perpetrated here in 1903.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 » by Various
- The Whites put up a provocateur as before a pogrom in Russia.
- Extract from : « The Soul of John Brown » by Stephen Graham
- The doctor gives us a picture of a pogrom in a tiny Russian province town.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- They were exploiting a local "putsch" so as to carry out a general "pogrom."
- Extract from : « The New Germany » by George Young
- There may be trouble there; we have word that a pogrom is planned; and we may be in time to save some.
- Extract from : « The Red Symbol » by John Ironside
- Let us make sixty the minimum—or let there be a pogrom among the authors!
- Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
- Thirteen Jews were elected and every constituency which had been the scene of a pogrom returned a liberal member.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
- This pogrom was carried on by the guerrilla bands led by "atamans" Makhno and Grigoriev, together with regular Bolshevist troops.
- Extract from : « The Jew and American Ideals » by John Spargo
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