as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group
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Later in the 19th century, pogroms across Eastern Europe and the aftermath of Italian reunification drove a surge of migration to the United States.
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Felix Kallmann, who, in addition to collecting art, ran a lightbulb-making company called Deutsche Gasglühlicht and the film production company Universum Film AG de Babelsberg, died of a heart attack a few days after the Kristallnacht pogrom.
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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.
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The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.
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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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There is no other way to describe the catastrophe in Gaza than as a holocaust!
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In Season 1, audiences saw Lucy (Ella Purnell) learning the truth about her dad (Kyle MacLachlan)’s involvement in the nuclear holocaust.
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These weapons of war are designed to inflict the maximum amount of carnage and destruction and have no place in our communities.
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Those rivalries, bravado and score-settling led to the carnage, Ng argued Monday.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
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Liar, marking a reunion between Seo Hyun-jin and Yoo Yeon-seok as a criminal profiler and a corporate attorney on opposing sides of a murder case tied to a powerful conglomerate, also continues through the month.
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The only person who can stop this butchery is the President of the Russian Federation.
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There’s no foraging, no organic garden to pluck basil and chili peppers from, no local butchery next door…and if there isn’t enough food flown in to account for multi-day weather delays?
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But all this bloodshed in her name is getting to the Black Queen, who has already lost one son to the war and sent away her three youngest children to keep them safe.
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Some took place in dormitories on campus, examining quiet moments between friends or lovers—even these inward-looking stories weren’t spared bloodshed that year.
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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