GRE Word of The Day: Progrom
Pogrom (n)
An official prosecution program which usually leads to mass killing of a group of people, usually for racial or religious reasons.
Pogrom is a program of official mass killing.
E.g.:
State organized pogrom after the Godhera train carnage.
A pogrom ordered by Hitler.
Syn: slaughter, mass murder, massacre, butchery, killing, wholesale slaughter, general slaughter, carnage, blood bath, genocide
Antonyms […]
Popularity: 16% [?]
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Pogrom (n)
An official prosecution program which usually leads to mass killing of a group of people, usually for racial or religious reasons.
Pogrom is a program of official mass killing.
E.g.:
State organized pogrom after the Godhera train carnage.
A pogrom ordered by Hitler.
Syn: slaughter, mass murder, massacre, butchery, killing, wholesale slaughter, general slaughter, carnage, blood bath, genocide
Antonyms of Pogrom
A) Slaughter
B) Schedule
C) Renaissance
D) Persecution
E) Peonage
Popularity: 16% [?]
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#1. October 24th, 2007, at 2:32 PM.
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