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Holocaust.

The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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name/ˈhɒləkɔːst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɔləkoːst/Australia, British, Southern, Standard/ˈhoʊləkɔst//ˈhɑləkɔst/

  1. The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

    historical · uncountable · usually

  2. The systematic mass murder (democide) perpetrated by Nazi Germany of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people they considered subhuman, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities).

    broadly · historical · uncommon · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.

verb/ˈhɒləkɔːst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɔləkoːst/Australia, British, Southern, Standard/ˈhoʊləkɔst//ˈhɑləkɔst/

  1. Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“to subject to a mass annihilation; to destroy en masse”).

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Where this word comes from

Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.

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