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English noun: holocaust

1. holocaust (act) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)


SamplesA nuclear holocaust.


Broader (hypernym)destruction, devastation

2. Holocaust (act) the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945


Synonymsfinal solution


Instance hypernymgenocide, race murder, racial extermination









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