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po⋅grom

  [puh-gruhm, -grom, poh-]
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–noun
an organized massacre, esp. of Jews.
Origin:
1880–85; (< Yiddish) < Russ pogróm lit., destruction, devastation (of a town, country, etc., as in war), n. deriv. of pogromít’, equiv. to po- perfective prefix + gromít’ to destroy, devastate, deriv. of grom thunder

Synonyms:
slaughter, butchery.
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po·grom   (pə-grŏm', pō'grəm)   
n.  An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews.

[Russian, outrage, havoc, from pogromit', to wreak havoc : po-, adverbial pref. (from po, next to; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + gromit', to outrage, wreak havoc (from grom, thunder).]
po·grom' v.
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pogrom [(puh-grum, puh-grom, poh-gruhm)]

A massacre or persecution instigated by the government or by the ruling class against a minority group, particularly Jews.

Note: Pogroms were common in Russia during the nineteenth century.
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Language Translation for : pogrom
Spanish: derrota,
German: vernichtende Niederlage,
Japanese: 総くずれ
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pogrom 
1882, from Yiddish pogrom, from Rus. pogromu "devastation, destruction," from po- "by, through" + gromu "thunder, roar," from PIE imitative base *ghrem- (see grim).
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