B2noun · rare

holocaust

ho·lo·caust

holocaust · holocausts

гекатомба

геноцид, всесожжение

Holocaust, Ausrottung, Auslöschung, Massenvernichtung

An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashesAn offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.

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UK/ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/US/ˈhɑl.əˌkɔst/

» No holocaust must ever happen again.

Meaning

4 senses

An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
Holokauston, Holokaustum, Ganzopfer
всесожже́ниеvsesožžénije
(also, broadly, figuratively)A complete or large offering or sacrifice.
(broadly)Complete destruction by fire; also, the thing so destroyed.
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
(broadly, figuratively)Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
a nuclear holocaust
Holocaust, Auslöschung, Ausmerzung
геноцидgenocid

Examples

47 sentences

No holocaust must ever happen again.
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The truth of the holocaust is doubtless.
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Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.
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The Holocaust was a hate crime.
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She helped translate Czech Holocaust literature.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes:

extensive destruction of a group of animals or people — see also massacre, slaughter:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes:

extensive destruction of a group of animals or people — see also massacre, slaughter:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English holocaust (“burnt offering”) [and other forms], fr

The noun is derived from Middle English holocaust (“burnt offering”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman holocauste, Old French holocauste, olocauste (modern French holocaust), from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), the neuter form of ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos, “wholly burnt”), from ὅλος (hólos, “entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”)) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) (from καίω (kaíō, “to burn, burn up”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-). By surface analysis, holo- + -caust.

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