Synonyms for
holocaust
(figuratively) Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people
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All Definitions for Holocaust

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1(figuratively) Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people
2A large-scale massacre or slaughter.
3Complete destruction by fire
4Also, the thing so destroyed.
5To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.
6An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
7(religion, also figuratively) A complete or large offering or sacrifice.
8To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
9To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation)
10To destroy en masse.
11The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
12The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
13(figuratively) Alternative letter-case form of Holocaust (“the systematic mass murder (democide or genocide) of Jews (and, more broadly, of disabled people, homosexuals, Romanis, Slavs, and others) perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II”)
14Hence, the state-sponsored mass murder of a particular group of people in society. [(historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.]
15Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“subject to a mass annihilation
16Destroy en masse”). [(religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.]

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