pogrom
noun /ˈpɒɡrəm/
/ˈpəʊɡrəm/
- the organized killing of large numbers of people, because of their race or religion (originally the killing of Jews in Russia)
大屠杀,集体迫害(因种族或宗教原因,原指沙俄时对犹太人的杀戮) - The film shows interviews with survivors of the pogrom.
这部电影展示了对大屠杀幸存者的采访。
词源early 20th cent.: from Russian, literally ‘devastation’, from gromit ‘destroy by the use of violence’. - The film shows interviews with survivors of the pogrom.