as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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In 1881, in reaction to pogroms in Russia, Jewish groups that called themselves Lovers of Zion began organizing migration to Palestine and helped establish agricultural settlements there.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025 -
In spite of Husseini’s role in leading a pogrom in Jerusalem in 1920, British authorities made Husseini the grand mufti of Jerusalem, the leading Muslim cleric in the land.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The shooting at Evergreen High is at least the seventh school shooting in Colorado since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School that killed 13 students and one teacher.—
Katie Langford,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sheriff Tony later condemned his deputies’ failures, including their inaction on removing Nathan’s firearms or seeking a court order under Florida’s red flag law, passed after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Warned by ornithologists that killing an insectivorous bird that also ate grain seeds would lead to a surge in locusts and caterpillars, Mao dismissed such arguments and urged mass slaughter.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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In his director’s statement, the filmmaker reveals that the historical drama mines from his own family’s trauma, linking the effects that both the holocaust and the rise in communism in Hungary had on him and his loved ones.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
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In the holocaust of the South Bronx, lighting a match could seem like just hastening the inevitable.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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So many Eagles contributed to the Super Bowl carnage, including Brown, who caught a touchdown pass late in the second quarter to put Philly up 24-0.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Three people were killed in a murder-suicide shooting near a middle school in Illinois on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McDonald, portrayed as the main attacker, was convicted of murder, but later released because of health issues.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The event will be hosted by Caitlin and Tom Moriarty at Moriarty Meats, who will be providing regional specialty sandwiches—boeuf on weck—to fuel us through an evening of live butchery demonstration, an author Q&A, and book signing.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Of the remains, 222 had color changes that are associated with cremation, while 69 of those bones had signs of butchery likely performed after death.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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Several videos posted online show the event, including the moment the shot was fired and the subsequent bloodshed.—
Mandy Taheri
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Pentagon may have been called the Department of Defense, but the reality was one of endless campaigns and bloodshed.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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