单词 | pogrom war |
释义 | > as lemmaspogrom war General attributive, as pogrom situation, pogrom war, etc.; pogrom-haunted, pogrom-threatened, adjs. ΚΠ 1917 Sci. Monthly Sept. 218 The ‘Black Band’ papers continued and increased their pogrom agitation, scattering broadcast accusations of treachery against the whole race. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Nov. 855/2 Refugees to England from pogrom-haunted Russia. 1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 85 The French Government discovered a welcome diversion from the general discontent by exploiting the people's natural hostility to foreigners, and appealing to their pogrom instincts. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. vii. 69 Many of these young men had been members of the Jewish self-defence organizations in the pogrom-threatened small towns of Russia. 1978 D. Murphy Place Apart viii. 167 Few of us would wish to see our army crossing the [Irish] border to fight Loyalist paramilitaries... If another ‘pogrom’ situation did arise..it would make more sense to welcome..refugees into the Republic. 1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Jan. 29/3 In poverty-ravaged Egypt, fundamentalist gangs wage pogrom war on Christian Copts. < as lemmas |
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