Australian English Meaning of holocaust

Holocaust

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Definitions and Meaning of holocaust in English

Wordnet

holocaust (n)

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

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

Webster

holocaust (n.)

A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

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Holocaust

an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire), the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945A burnt sac

fire,hell,Conflagration,Bushfire,arson,backfire,blaze,bonfire,Bushfire,Campfire

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holocanthus tricolor => Three-colour angelfish, holoblastic => holoblastic, holoblast => Holoblastic, holo- => holo-, holmos => holmes,