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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hol•o•caust /ˈhɑləˌkɔst, ˈhoʊlə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a great or complete destruction, esp. by fire:a nuclear holocaust.
- a sacrifice offered to God or to gods and burned.
- World History the Holocaust, the mass killing of European Jews and other civilians in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hol•o•caust (hol′ə kôst′, hō′lə-),USA pronunciation n. - a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire.
- a sacrifice completely consumed by fire;
burnt offering. - World History(usually cap.) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually prec. by the).
- any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life.
- Greek holókauston (Septuagint), neuter of holókaustos burnt whole. See holo-, caustic
- Late Latin holocaustum (Vulgate)
- Middle English 1200–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inferno, conflagration, ruin, havoc, ravage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: holocaust /ˈhɒləˌkɔːst/ n - great destruction or loss of life or the source of such destruction, esp fire
- (usually capital)
Also called: the Churban, the Shoah 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 - a rare word for burnt offering
Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin holocaustum whole burnt offering, from Greek holokauston, from holo- + kaustos, from kaiein to burn |