genocide

noun

Definition of genocidenext
as in pogrom
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genocide
  1. pogrom
  2. massacre
  3. slaughter
  4. holocaust
  5. carnage
  6. murder
  7. butchery
  8. bloodshed
Noun
  • In conversations with the American Jewish Committee, Ossoff shared that his father is of Russian and Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his relatives fled pogroms and antisemitism in Eastern Europe.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.
    — Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • Once the ruthless commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Mladic oversaw the siege of Sarajevo, mass killings and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that left more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • They would be housed in a large, rectangular, concrete-block building that had originally been a holding pen and slaughter area for livestock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • August 29, the fictional date (in 1997) of the franchise’s original nuclear holocaust, is fast approaching, and Judgment Day is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fears about environmental devastation, overpopulation, energy depletion, and a nuclear holocaust were omnipresent, manifested in books such as The Population Bomb, the back-to-the-land movement, and the entire Hollywood disaster-movie genre.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • The carnage began when Mize hit Junior Caminero, the first batter, with a 1-2 pitch.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • And, costume-character carnage aside, that’s just not as compelling.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and could be sentenced to life in prison.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her three children – Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months – at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Malonga motioned to the ground behind us and described his vision of an outdoor cooking arena for conferences and events, as well as a bakery, a butchery, and a cheese workshop.
    — Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Hidden behind the tourist options across from the Astronomical Clock is Restaurant 420, a bright welcoming space that is packed with locals, with products are made in the basement bakery and butchery.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
Definition of butchery
Noun
  • Jean called on Haitian authorities to take the necessary steps to stop the bloodshed and dismantle the armed groups.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • What is more likely to happen is a third uprising on the West Bank, followed by massive bloodshed between Palestinians and settlers.
    — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bloodshed
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