Holocaust
/ˈhoʊləkɑst/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Holocaust
noun
- A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
- Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).
"1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times"
- In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).
verb
- To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.
- To destroy completely, especially by fire.
- (possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)
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