pogrom

• vt. 對…大屠殺
• n. 大屠殺

該詞原指俄國人對猶太人的大肆殺戮。來自依地緒語pogrom,來自俄羅斯語pogromu,屠殺，毀滅，來自po-,憑借，在後，詞源同post-,gromu,雷電，吼叫聲，擬聲詞。比喻用法。

pogrom (n.)

1882, from Yiddish pogrom, from Russian pogromu "devastation, destruction," from po- "by, through, behind, after" (cognate with Latin post-; see post-) + gromu "thunder, roar," from PIE imitative root *ghrem- (see grim).