Holocaust
Meaning of Holocaust
noun
- destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
a nuclear holocaust
- a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar.
Middle English: from Old French holocauste, via late Latin from Greek holokauston, from holos ‘whole’ + kaustos ‘burnt’ (from kaiein ‘burn’).
Information about Holocaust
Hyphenation of Holocaust
Holo-caust
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- Holocaust is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Holocaust synonyms
Meaning a sudden violent political or social upheaval:
Meaning a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life:
Meaning an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster:
Meaning the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired:
Meaning great destruction or damage:
Meaning the action or process of demolishing or being demolished:
Meaning complete destruction or obliteration:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning a large fire that is dangerously out of control:
Meaning a destructive burning of something:
Meaning an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property:
Meaning an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people:
Meaning the killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel or violent way:
Meaning the killing of a large number of people:
Meaning the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat:
Meaning killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals:
Meaning the process of liquidating a business:
Meaning the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group:
Words that rhyme with Holocaust
Aust, hippocaust, holocaust, hypocaust, postholocaust, Faust, Panzerfaust, faust, infaust, exhaust, haust, inexhaust, inhaust, kinkhaust, multiexhaust, overexhaust, preexhaust
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