HOLOCAUST


Meaning of HOLOCAUST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɒləkɔ:st ]

( 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.

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2.

The Holocaust is used to refer to the killing by the Nazis of millions of Jews during the Second World War.

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