Holocaust : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Holocaust	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holocaust n an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust" the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 Synonym(s): Holocaust, final solution
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holocaust \Hol"o*caust\, n. [L. holocaustum, Gr. [?], neut. of [?], [?], burnt whole; "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. {Caustic}): cf. F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. --Milton. 2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]