POGROM


Meaning of POGROM in English

pog ‧ rom /ˈpɒɡrəm $ pəˈɡrɑːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Yiddish ; Origin: Russian , 'great destruction' ]

a planned killing of large numbers of people, usually done for reasons of race or religion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.