pogrom
Plural: pogroms
Noun
- organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
- A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.
- An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.
Verb
Verb Forms: pogromed, pogroming, pogroms
- To massacre or systematically destroy a particular group.
- To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.
Examples
- The player threatened to ’POGROM’ his opponent’s winning streak with a seven-letter word.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).
Scrabble Score: 11
pogrom: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpogrom: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pogrom: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
pogrom: valid Words With Friends Word