holocaust
To sacrifice to be completely burnedTo sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
» No holocaust must ever happen again.
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3 senses(also, figuratively, transitive)To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
(transitive)To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.
(transitive)To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse.
Examples
47 sentencesNo holocaust must ever happen again.
The truth of the holocaust is doubtless.
Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.
The Holocaust was a hate crime.
She helped translate Czech Holocaust literature.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English holocaust (“burnt offering”) [and other forms], frThe 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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Forms
holocausts, holocausting, holocausted, holocausted| Base form | holocaust · to holocaust |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | holocausts |
| Present participle | holocausting |
| Past simple | holocausted |
| Past participle | holocausted |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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