Associations to the word «Pogrom»

Wiktionary

POGROM, noun. A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.
POGROM, verb. (transitive) To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

Dictionary definition

POGROM, noun. Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope