Holocaust - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhɑːləkɔːst|
Brit.
|ˈhɒləkɔːst|
noun
- an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
a nuclear holocaust
- the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945Extra examples
The museum is devoted to the Holocaust.
There were fears of a nuclear holocaust.
Anne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.
With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the possibility of a nuclear holocaust (=a nuclear war that destroys much of the Earth) was greatly reduced.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
Word forms
noun
singular: holocaust
plural: holocausts
singular: holocaust
plural: holocausts
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