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holocaust

noun

1 holocaust

An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire).

Roget 361: killing etc. v.; homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, trucidation, iccusion; effusion of blood; blood, blood shed; gore, slaughter, ... show more

Roget 991: idolatry, idolism; demonism, demonolatry; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, ... show more

Polish: zagłada, holokaust, Zagłada, Szoah, szoah, holocaust

2 Holocaust

The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945.

synonym: final solution.

Dutch: Sjoa, holocaust, Holocaust


Moby thesaurus: annihilation, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, burnt offering, butchery, carnage, clawing, collection, conflagration, consumption, cruciation, crucifixion, damnation, decimation, depredation, desolation, despoilment, despoliation, destruction ... show more.

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