1. an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, historically used especially to refer to attacks on Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Usage: often capitalized when referring to specific historical events; formal, historical

Examples

• The pogroms in Russia during the late 19th century forced many Jewish families to emigrate.
• Historians study the pogroms as examples of organized ethnic violence.
• The community erected a memorial to remember the victims of the pogrom.
• Pogroms were used as tools of persecution and intimidation.
• The pogrom of 1903 in Kishinev was one of the deadliest attacks on Jewish communities.