Definitions of holocaust [ˈhɒl əˌkɔst, ˈhoʊ lə-]

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Definition of 'holocaust'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) holocaust
a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire.

2. holocaust
a sacrifice consumed by fire.

3. holocaust
any reckless destruction of life.

Etymology: (1895–1900)

Definition of 'holocaust'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) holocaust
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
"a nuclear holocaust"

2. (noun) Holocaust, final solution
the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

Definition of 'holocaust'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) holocaust
a burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations

2. (noun) holocaust
sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

Definition of 'holocaust'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. holocaust
A massive slaughter, especially the systematic mass extermination of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps prior to and during World War II.

Translation of 'holocaust'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: great destruction, usually by fire, especially of people's lives.
Afrikaans: slagting	Arabic: مُحْرَقَه، كارثَه، إبادة	Bulgarian: унищожение
Brazilian: holocausto	Czech: vyhlazení	German: die Massenvernichtung
Danish: holocaust; masseudryddels	Greek: ολοκαύτωμα	Spanish: holocausto
Estonian: suur häving, holokaust	Farsi: همه سوزی	Finnish: tuho
French: holocauste	Hebrew: שוֹאָה	Hindi: महाविनाश
Croatian: opci pokolj, opce razaran	Hungarian: holokauszt	Indonesian: malapetaka
Icelandic: brennifórn; fjöldamorð, þ	Italian: olocausto	Japanese: 大虐殺
Korean: 대참사	Lithuanian: masinis sunaikinimas/sude	Latvian: holokausts, masveida iznī
Malay: kehancuran	Dutch: vernietiging	Norwegian: katastrofebrann
Polish: zagłada	Persian: همه سوزی	Pashto: سوځیدل
Portuguese: holocausto	Romanian: holocaust	Russian: массовое уничтожение (люд
Slovak: úplné zničenie (ohňom), h	Slovenian: veliko razdejanje; holoka	Serbian: holokaust
Swedish: förödelse, katastrof, för	Thai: ความหายนะ	Turkish: mahvolma, tamamen yok olm
Taiwanese: (常指大火造成的)大浩劫, 大屠殺	Ukrainian: знищення; масове винищенн	Urdu: آگ وغیرہ سے زبردست تباہی
Vietnamese: sự tàn sát	Chinese: 大毁灭，大屠杀
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