Holocaust

['hɒləkɔːst] or ['hɑləkɔst]

(noun.) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); 'a nuclear holocaust'.

(noun.) the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945.

Typed by Arlene--From WordNet

(n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

(n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

Typist: Rowland

n. Burnt-offering (wholly consumed).

Editor: Timmy

n. a burnt sacrifice in which the whole of the victim was consumed.

Checked by Gardner

Edited by Eva