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/hˈɑləkˌɔst/ Listen

noun

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. Note: (An extended use not authorized by careful writers.)

Specifically: The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as The Holocaust. In Hebrew, the same event is referred to by the word Shoah.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Holocaust" Quotes from Famous Books

... was his to flinch From ease or reputation lost; Nor waste of gold, nor hunger-pinch, Nor e'en his home's black holocaust, Could stay his arm, ...

— The Mistress of the Manse • J. G. Holland

... remains of New York's Manhattan Island, which had been destroyed by a sun bomb during the Holocaust nearly a century before, Government City occupied all but the upper three miles of the island, and the population consisted almost entirely of men and women engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the business of governing a planet. There were no shopping centers and no entertainment areas. ...

— Anything You Can Do ... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... having heard only that the Beauty was to leave the village, and having heard nothing of the fire, and not having prospered where he was, returned to his old home. The first person he saw he asked of the Beauty, and that one told him of the holocaust of her graces, and warned him, remembering that the Fool had always spoken his thoughts without tact or discretion—warned the Fool to disguise when he saw her the shock he must feel and make no sign that he found her other than he left ...

— In a Little Town • Rupert Hughes

... golden light Lit the vaulted sky; Never sacrifice as bright, Rose to God on high: Thousands oxen, what were they To the offering we pay? And the brilliant holocaust— When the revolution's past— In the nation's songs will last! CHORUS-Lo! ...

— War Poetry of the South • Various

... and holocaust brought about by the two powerful movements of fascism and national socialism will mark human life always. Now, as we feel our hatred for them, we find it difficult to understand how they could have been so powerful, how they could have appealed ...

— Readings on Fascism and National Socialism • Various

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