holocaust

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/ˈhoʊləkɑst/ English

Definitions

noun

A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).“1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times”
In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).

verb

To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.
To destroy completely, especially by fire.
(possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)

Related words

Synonyms

shoah offering marge genocide disaster catastrophe massacre extermination calamity annihilation destruction carnage havoc burning incendiary meltdown

Associated

denier yad denial survivor auschwitz remembrance antisemitism ghetto righteous

Rhymes

lost accost frost last embossed exhaust tossed crossed glossed glost

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