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Holocaust properNoun

  /ˈhɑləkɑst/ , /ˈhɑləkɔst/ , /ˈhɒləkɔːst/
  • (historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
 Holocausto

holocaust noun

  /ˈhoʊ.lə-/ , /ˈhɑl.əˌkɑst/ , /ˈhɑl.əˌkɔst/ , /ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/
  • (religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. [from 13th c.]
 holocausto
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