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Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
B. F. Skinner

Meaning of "holocaust" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOLOCAUST

From Late Latin holocaustum whole burnt offering, from Greek holokauston, from holo- + kaustos, from kaiein to burn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLOCAUST

holocaust  [ˈhɒləˌkɔːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLOCAUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Holocaust is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOLOCAUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Holocaust

The Holocaust also known as Shoah, was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by the German military, under the command of Adolf Hitler, and its collaborators. Killings took place throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories. Between 1941 and 1945 Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, communists, homosexuals, the mentally and physically disabled and members of other groups were targeted and methodically murdered in the largest genocide of the 20th century. In total approximately 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust including over 1 million children. Of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds were killed. A network of about 42,500 facilities in Germany and German-occupied territories were used to concentrate, confine, and kill Jews and other victims and between 100,000 to 500,000 people were direct participants in the planning and murder of Holocaust victims. The persecution and genocide were carried out in stages. Initially the German government passed laws to exclude Jews from civil society, most prominently the Nuremberg Laws of 1935.

Definition of holocaust in the English dictionary

The definition of holocaust in the dictionary is great destruction or loss of life or the source of such destruction, esp fire. Other definition of holocaust is Also called: the Churban, the Shoah the mass murder of Jews and members of many other ethnic, social, and political groups in continental Europe between 1940 and 1945 by the Nazi regime.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOLOCAUST


addorsed
əˈdɔːst
enforced
ɪnˈfɔːst
exhaust
ɪɡˈzɔːst
forced
fɔːst
horst
hɔːst
hypocaust
ˈhaɪpəˌkɔːst
infaust
ɪnˈfɔːst
inhaust
ɪnˈhɔːst
postholocaust
ˌpəʊstˈhɒləkɔːst
reinforced
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːst
resourced
rɪˈsɔːst
undivorced
ˌʌndɪˈvɔːst
unenforced
ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːst
unforced
ʌnˈfɔːst
unreinforced
ˌʌnˌriːɪnˈfɔːst
unsourced
ʌnˈsɔːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLOCAUST

holobenthic
holoblastic
holoblastically
Holocaine
holocaustal
holocaustic
Holocene
holocrine
holocrystalline
Holodiscus
holoenzyme
Holofernes
hologamy
hologram
holograph
holographer
holographic
holographically
holography
hologynic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLOCAUST

adjust
august
bite the dust
bust
crust
dust
Faust
gust
just
locust
lust
must
oust
robust
rust
stardust
thrust
trust
unjust
wanderlust

Synonyms and antonyms of holocaust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOLOCAUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «holocaust» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of holocaust

Translation of «holocaust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLOCAUST

Find out the translation of holocaust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of holocaust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «holocaust» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 大灾难
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

holocausto
570 millions of speakers

English

holocaust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रलय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محرقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

холокост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

holocausto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাপক হত্যাকাণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

holocauste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Holocaust
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inferno
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大虐殺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대학살
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nandur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

holocaust
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேரழிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होलोकॉस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soykırım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

olocausto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

holokaust
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Голокост
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

holocaust
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ολοκαύτωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

holocaust
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förintelsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holocaust
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of holocaust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLOCAUST»

The term «holocaust» is very widely used and occupies the 9.410 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLOCAUST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about holocaust

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9 QUOTES WITH «HOLOCAUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word holocaust.
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William S. Cohen
For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.
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Adam Green
Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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Taylor Hanson
Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.
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Michael McCaul
The President of Iran has called for the destruction of Israel and the West and has even denied the holocaust took place. Iran and its terrorist arm Hezbollah are responsible for the current conflicts between Israel and Lebanon.
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Norma McCorvey
The holocaust against the unborn is the greatest sin they could ever do or even ever participate in.
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Norma McCorvey
Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and let us know what we should do to stop this, this terrible, terrible holocaust.
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B. F. Skinner
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
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Lech Walesa
I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLOCAUST»

Discover the use of holocaust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to holocaust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Holocaust
Gerald Green's novel, Holocaust--based on his teleplay for the 1978 NBC miniseries--seeks to personalize the tragedy by putting faces on the real life tragedy and telling the story of two German families whose lives intersect.
Gerald Green, 2010
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of ...
In a devastating new postscript to this bestselling book, Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry's scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust ...
Norman G. Finkelstein, 2003
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American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World
Moreover, the perpetrators of the American Holocaust drew on the same ideological wellspring as did the later architects of the Nazi Holocaust--an ideology that remains dangerously alive today. Photos and line drawings.
David E. Stannard, 1993
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Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and ...
In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year.
Robert N. Proctor, 2012
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The Holocaust in American Life
Prize-winning historian Peter Novick illuminates the reasons Americans ignored the Holocaust for so long -- how dwelling on German crimes interfered with Cold War mobilization; how American Jews, not wanting to be thought of as victims, ...
Peter Novick, 2000
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Holocaust: A History
A chronicle of events beginning in the Middle Ages through the modern era reveals the unfolding of Nazism and how it brought about the Holocaust, negotiating the division between the histories of its perpetrators and the victims and their ...
Deborah Dwork, Robert Jan Pelt, Robert Jan Van Pelt, 2003
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Holocaust
Provides reproducible materials to reinforce facts and concepts related to the Holocaust
Liz Rothlein, Walter Kelly, 1997
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Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews
Argues that anti-Semitism was not a consequence of Nazi political mobilization but rather, from 1933 onwards, a central principle of the Nazi movement's attempts to implement, disseminate, and secure National Socialist rule.
Peter Longerich, 2010
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The End of the Holocaust
In this provocative work, Alvin H. Rosenfeld contends that the proliferation of books, films, television programs, museums, and public commemorations related to the Holocaust has, perversely, brought about a diminution of its meaning and a ...
Alvin H. Rosenfeld, 2011
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The World Reacts to the Holocaust
The essays then proceed to the post-World War II era and recount the treatment of Holocaust survivors upon their return; the postwar trials of war criminals; the changes in the culture and economy of the postwar Jewish community and its ...
David S. Wyman, Charles H. Rosenzveig, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLOCAUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term holocaust is used in the context of the following news items.
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Canadian Holocaust survivors react to 'Accountant of Auschwitz …
Two Toronto Holocaust survivors who testified at the war crimes trial of Oskar Groening say they feel that justice has been served after the man ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
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Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews killed in …
Ludvika Sarah Leah Schein, left, a survivor of the Holocaust in Rava-Ruska, talks to local woman at the Rava-Ruska monument on June 29, ... «Religion News Service, Jul 15»
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Holocaust survivor repays ultimate debt via rescue of Syrian Christians
LONDON — On the eve of Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria in 1938, 19-year-old George Weidenfeld escaped Vienna for the United ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
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SA is 'facing a jobs holocaust' | The Citizen
Private sector businesspeople and NGOs have joined forces to spur employment to offset a looming “jobs holocaust” and kick the economy into ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
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Editor's Note: Dallas Holocaust museum ties in local connection …
I can still remember clearly my first visit through the exhibits at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.. My friend ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Jerry Springer Urges Jews to Learn Family Holocaust History
Following up on a televised exploration of this painful history, Springer last week visited London to support a British Holocaust-refugee archive ... «Jspace News, Jul 15»
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From Holocaust survivor to Medal of Honor recipient - The Orange …
After surviving the Holocaust and a year in a notorious Nazi concentration camp, Tibor Rubin fought as a U.S. Army infantryman in Korea, ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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Senator Tammy Baldwin Pushes for Amendment to Aid Holocaust
Senator Tammy Baldwin Pushes for Amendment to Aid Holocaust Victims in Nazi Loot Claims. Eileen Kinsella, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Share. Facebook ... «artnet News, Jul 15»
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94-year-old found guilty for role in Holocaust - The Washington Post
July 15, 2015 10:52 AM EDT - Prosecutors argued that by inspecting luggage and counting bank notes of Jewish prisoners arriving at the Auschwitz Nazi death ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Review of Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and Nakba
Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and Nakba. by Rabee Al-Madhoun Beirut: Arab Institute for Publication, 2015. 267 pp. Reviewed by Amir ... «Gatestone Institute, Jul 15»

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