1) Burnt offering 2) Destruction 3) Destruction by fire 4) Devastation 5) Fictional mass murderer 6) Greek animal sacrifice
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- an act of great destruction and loss of life
- the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
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[Return of Cultural Objects] The Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009 (c 16) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to confer, on certain national institutions, a power that was already possessed by other museums to return to their rightful owners cultural objects unlawfully acquired during the Nazi era...
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[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` and καυστός `burnt`), which is used solely for one of the major forms of sacrifice. ==Greek sacrifice== Holokautein (ὁλοκαυτεῖν) was...
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• (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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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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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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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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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 sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was co...
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The extermination of six milllion Jews (as well as many others) by the Nazis beyween 1933 and 1945 CE.
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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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n] - the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler 2. [n] - an act of great destruction and loss of life
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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). 4. Any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of ...
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The word, Holocaust, derives from Greek words, meaning complete destruction, usually by fire. By the end of the 17th century, the word came to mean a great slaughter or massacre. It is now used to describe the genocide against the Jews in Europe by the Nazis.
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The act of genocide carried out by Germany on the Jewish population of Europe
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noun the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
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noun an act of great destruction and loss of life
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a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire. · a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering. · (usually cap.) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually prec. by the). · any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life.
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