English noun: holocaust | |||
1. | holocaust (act) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | ||
Samples | A nuclear holocaust. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | destruction, devastation | ||
2. | Holocaust (act) the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 | ||
Synonyms | final solution | ||
Instance hypernym | genocide, race murder, racial extermination | ||