| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | po·grom |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -gr m , p grm |
| NOUN: | An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Russian, outrage, havoc, from pogromit', to wreak havoc : po-, adverbial pref. (from po, next to; see apo- in Appendix I) + gromit', to outrage, wreak havoc (from grom, thunder). | | OTHER FORMS: | po·grom —VERB
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