Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - holocaust
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Holocaust
holocaust
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~um, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos burnt whole, from hol- + kaustos burnt, from kaiein to burn — more at caustic Date: 13th century 1. a sacrifice consumed by fire 2. a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire a nuclear ~ 3. a. often capitalized the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II — usually used with the b. a mass slaughter of people; especially genocide
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n. 1 a case of large-scale destruction, esp. by fire or nuclear war. 2 (the Holocaust) the mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis 1939-45. 3 a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire. Etymology: ME f. OF holocauste f. LL holocaustum f. Gk holokauston (as HOLO-, kaustos burnt f. kaio burn) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уничтожение, гибель в огне (особ. людей) 2. бойня, резня; разрушительная война nuclear holocaust —- ядерная катастрофа 3. всесожжение; полное истребление жертвы огнем 4. целиком сжигаемая жертва 5. тяжелая жертва 6. полное самопожертвование, самоотверженность 7. геноцид 8. (также H.) массовое уничтожение евреев фашистами, холокауст ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
noun 1) уничтожение, истребление; бойня; резня - nuclear holocaust 2) всесожжение, полное сжигание жертвы огнем ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(holocausts) 1. A holocaust is an event in which there is a lot of destruction and many people are killed, especially one caused by war. A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the ’50s. N-VAR 2. The Holocaust is used to refer to the killing by the Nazis of millions of Jews during the Second World War. N-SING: the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a situation in which there is great destruction and a lot of people die (a nuclear holocaust) 2 the Holocaust the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1250, from Gk. holokauston, neut. of holokaustos "burned whole," from holos "whole" + kaustos, verbal adj. of kaiein "to burn." Originally a Bible word for "burnt offerings," given wider sense of "massacre, destruction of a large number of persons" 1671 by Milton. The Holocaust "Nazi genocide of European Jews in World War II," first recorded 1957, earlier known in Heb. as Shoah "catastrophe." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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