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The correct spelling is holocaust.
How to pronounce holocaust
noun
IPA: /ˈhoʊləkɑst/
Say it like: Hol-ocau-st
The correct spelling is holocaust. A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes. For example: "1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times"
Usage Examples
“1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
- 2.Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).
- 3.In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).
verb
- 1.To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.
- 2.To destroy completely, especially by fire.
- 3.(possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)
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