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
  • 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
  • A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pogrom
Noun
  • But dark jokes about a nearly half-century-old massacre have a way of obscuring its continuing relevance.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But the news conference also revealed that Tuesday's massacre was not law enforcement's first encounter with Williams.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • Or an announcement that wildlife officials are planning a statewide slaughter of black bears.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • 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
  • The implication was that a vote for the conservative Republican would lead to a nuclear holocaust.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of holocaust
Noun
  • In Oak Street, almost an entire neighborhood is killed off, largely off camera, but the film never shies from showing the resulting carnage littering the streets.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Again and again, the camera, wielded by the director of photography Mike Gioulakis, glides past scenes of horror and carnage with an elegance that verges on indifference.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after a Collin County jury in June rejected his claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in the stadium bleachers last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 19 Aug. 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
  • The Malheur standoff also drew in the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, which Northern California sheriffs credited for talking down the Henrichsens and ending last month’s kidnapping without bloodshed.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • There is plenty of bloodshed and adrenaline, but those action scenes serve mostly as retribution and to tie up loose plot points.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bloodshed
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“Genocide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genocide. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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