holocaust

US /ˈhɑː.lə.kɑːst/

UK /ˈhɑː.lə.kɑːst/

1.

holocausto

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

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a nuclear holocaust

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cataclysm disaster catastrophe destruction devastation demolition annihilation ravaging inferno fire conflagration massacre slaughter mass murder carnage butchery extermination liquidation genocide ethnic cleansing

2.

holocausto

a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar.