pogrom


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pogrom /ˈpɒgrəm, -grɒm, pəˈgrɒm/
noun an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, originally that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.
– origin early 20th cent.: Russ., lit. ‘devastation’.
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