| NOUN | act | holocaust | an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) |
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| act | Holocaust, final solution | the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 |
| Sounds | hhaa'lahkao.st | |
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| Rhymes | accost ... Pentecost: 12 rhymes with aost... | |
| Meaning | An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire). | |
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| Example | "a nuclear holocaust" | |
| Broader | destruction, devastation | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| Spanish | holocausto | |
| Catalan | holocaust | |
| Meaning | The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945. | |
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| Synonym | final solution | |
| Instance of | genocide, race murder, racial extermination | Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group |
| Spanish | Holocaust, holocausto, Holocausto | |
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