Holocaust
proper nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhɒləkɔːst//
- Australia//ˈhɔləkoːst//
- //ˈhoʊləkɔst//
- //ˈhɑləkɔst//
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The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
proper noun
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historicalThe systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Among Soloway’s congregants injured in the attack was Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who has become one of the most poignant symbols of the attack.
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historicalThe systematic mass murder (democide) perpetrated by Nazi Germany of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people they considered subhuman, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities).
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Holocaust.
Etymology
Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.
verb
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Variant of holocaustAlternative letter-case form of holocaust (“to subject to a mass annihilation; to destroy en masse”).
Forms
- plural
- Holocausts
- past tense
- Holocausted
- past participle
- Holocausted
- present participle
- Holocausting
- third person singular
- Holocausts
Holocaust · The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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