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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.]
 holokausti, polttouhri
  • Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
 joukkotuho, joukkotuhonta
  • hence, the state-sponsored mass murder of a particular group of people in society. [from 20th c.]
 juutalaisvaino, kansanmurha

Holocaust properNoun

  /ˈhɑləkɑst/ , /ˈhɑləkɔst/ , /ˈhɒləkɔːst/
  • (historical, narrowly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
  • (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.
 holokausti, juutalaisvaino

holocaust verb

  /ˈhoʊ.lə-/ , /ˈhɑl.əˌkɑst/ , /ˈhɑl.əˌkɔst/ , /ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/
  • (religion, also, figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
 polttaa uhrina, polttouhrata
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