(figuratively); (religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. / To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.

(religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. / (religion, also figuratively) A complete or large offering or sacrifice.

Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“subject to a mass annihilation; destroy en masse”).

(historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

plural of holocaust

plural of Holocaust

Of or relating to a holocaust.

simple past tense and past participle of Holocaust

present participle of holocaust

An act of destroying (something) completely, especially by fire. / The subjection of a group of people to a holocaust (mass annihilation).