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Definitions for Holocaust
[1] a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
[2] a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering.
[3] (usually initial capital letter ) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually preceded by the ).
[4] any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life.
[5] great destruction or loss of life or the source of such destruction, esp fire
[6] Also called: the Churban , the Shoah (usually capital) the mass murder of Jews and members of many other ethnic, social, and political groups in continental Europe between 1940 and 1945 by the Nazi regime
[7] a rare word for burnt offering
Words related to Holocaust
devastation, extermination, catastrophe, massacre, slaughter, genocide, carnage, annihilation, inferno, extinction, immolation
Words nearby Holocaust
holo-, holobenthic, holoblastic, holocaine, holocarpic, holocaust, holocene, holocord, holocrine, holocrine gland, holocrystalline
Origin of Holocaust
1200–50; Middle English < Late Latin holocaustum (Vulgate) < Greek holókauston (Septuagint), neuter of holókaustos burnt whole. See holo-, caustic
Other words from Holocaust
hol·o·caus·tal , adjective
hol·o·caus·tic , adjective
Word origin for Holocaust
C13: from Late Latin holocaustum whole burnt offering, from Greek holokauston, from holo- + kaustos, from kaiein to burn
Synonyms for Holocaust
carnage, catastrophe, devastation, extermination, genocide, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, annihilation, extinction, immolation, inferno