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Holocaust - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Holocaust : (noun)
1: an act of great destruction and loss of life
2: the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler [syn: Holocaust,
final solution]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Holocaust : \Hol"o*caust\, n. [L. holocaustum, Gr. ?, neut. of ?,
?, burnt whole; "o'los whole _ kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to
burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.]
1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was
consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
--Milton.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a
theater or a ship.
Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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