Look up: holocaust

1. Holocaust
   The killing of very large numbers of people. Often used to describe the mass murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
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2. holocaust
   [n] - the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler 2. [n] - an act of great destruction and loss of life
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3. Holocaust
   The act of genocide carried out by Germany on the Jewish population of Europe
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4. Holocaust
   Hol'o·caust noun [ Latin holocaustum , Greek ..., neut. of ..., ..., burnt whole; 'o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, from kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic ): confer French holocauste .] 1. A burnt...
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5. holocaust
   A massive slaughter, especially the systematic mass extermination of european jews in nazi concentration camps prior to and during world war II. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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6. holocaust
   noun an act of great destruction and loss of life
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7. Holocaust
   noun the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
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8. Holocaust
   • (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. • (n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
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9. Holocaust
   the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators ... [44 related articles]
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10. holocaust
    holocaust 1. A great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire. 2. A sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering. 3. The systematic mass slaughter of European Jews who were placed in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually preceded by 'the' and capitalized)....
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11. holocaust
    
    • an act of great destruction and loss of life
    • the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
    
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12. Holocaust
    Holocaust (hol'ukôst", hō'lu–) , name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Although anti-Semitism in Europe has a long history, persecution of German Jews began with Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Jews were disenfranchi...
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13. holocaust
    From the Greek word meaning 'burnt offering' it refers to the Nazi German extermination of Jewish (and other) people in central Europe during World War II.
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14. Holocaust
    (band) `Holocaust` is a progressive heavy metal band based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1977 while still at high school, the original lineup (featuring guitarists John Mortimer and Ed Dudley, vocalist Gary Lettice, bassist Robin Begg and drummer Paul Collins) became part of the New Wave...
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15. Holocaust
    (TV miniseries) `Holocaust` was a television miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the NBC television network. The series tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the (fictional) Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS, who gradually be...
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16. Holocaust
    (comics) :The character is not to be confused with the Milestone and DC Comics villain Holocaust. He is also not to be confused with the historical Holocaust, a common error. image= `Holocaust` is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The charact...
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17. Holocaust
    (sacrifice) A `holocaust` is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire. The word derives from the Ancient Greek holocaustos (ὁλόκαυστος from ὅλος "whole" + καυστό�...
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18. Holocaust
    (DC Comics) `Holocaust` is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created as part of the Blood Syndicate for DC`s Milestone Media imprint, the character has since gone on to become a gangster and supervillain. Publication history: Holocaust made his first appearance in Blood Synd...
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