holocaust
holocaust: n.
1 a case of large-scale destruction, esp. by fire or nuclear war.
2 (the Holocaust) the mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis 1939-45.
3 a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire. [ME f. OF holocauste f. LL holocaustum f. Gk holokauston (as HOLO-, kaustos burnt f. kaio burn)]
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