Holocaust - English meaning

noun

Complete destruction or obliteration.

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The threat of global annihilation

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Complete destruction, so that nothing or no one is left

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During the cold war the threat of nuclear annihilation was always on people's minds., the candidate…

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The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.

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If women were in the encampment they would be segregated and would prepare the meal, although slaug…

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The killing of a large number of people.

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The bombing was timed to cause as much carnage as possible

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The violent killing of large numbers of people, esp. in war

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The battle of gettysburg was a scene of dreadful carnage.

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A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.

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The cataclysm at the end of the cretaceous period

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An extremely destructive event or violent change

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Environmental/natural cataclysms, the city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood.

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An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.

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An environmental catastrophe

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A sudden event that causes great suffering or destruction

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Losing his job was a financial catastrophe for his family., a chemical plant leak could cause an en…

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An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

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Tinder-dry conditions sparked fears of a conflagration in many drought-devastated communities

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A large fire that causes a lot of damage

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The government has turned a minor local problem into a full-blown regional conflagration.

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The action or process of demolishing or being demolished.

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The monument was saved from demolition

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The act of destroying something, such as a building or other structure

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[ c ] they tried unsuccessfully to stop the demolition of the old hotel.

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The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

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The destruction of the rainforest

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The action of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed

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Unusually high winds left widespread destruction over the area., the child needs help to control hi…

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Great destruction or damage.

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The floods caused widespread devastation

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Damage and destruction

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If disease is allowed to spread, it will cause widespread devastation., the storm left behind it a …

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A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life.

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159 people died in the disaster

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An event causing great harm, damage, or suffering

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[ c/u ] financial disaster, [ u ] disaster aid/relief, [ c ] over 100 people died in the disaster.,…

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A sudden event that causes a lot of damage, such as a very bad fire, storm, or accident

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Insurance companies often charge extra to cover floods, earthquakes, or other natural disasters., m…

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Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.

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The near extermination of the buffalo herds

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The act of killing all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type

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International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale., prairie dogs hav…

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A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.

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His house was destroyed by fire

verb

Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).

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He fired a shot at the retreating prisoners

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The state of burning, or a burning mass of material

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[ u ] the factory had to be closed because the risk of fire was too great., [ c ] there have been a…

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The chemical element of atomic number 32, a shiny grey metalloid. germanium was important in the making of transistors and other semiconductor devices, but has been largely replaced by silicon.

The chemical element germanium.

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A large fire that is dangerously out of control.

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The inferno had swept through the city

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A very large uncontrolled fire

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A raging inferno, the building was an inferno by the time the fire service arrived.

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The process of liquidating a business.

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The company went into liquidation

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A situation in which a company stops operating and sells all its assets in order to pay its debts

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Go into liquidation after three years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts …

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An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people.

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The attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre

verb

Deliberately and brutally kill (many people).

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Thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers

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The killing of a large number of people, esp. people who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves

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Guerrilla troops are thought to have massacred the entire village.

verb

Cause severe and extensive damage to.

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The hurricane ravaged southern florida

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The destructive effects of something.

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His face had withstood the ravages of time

verb

Kill (animals) for food.

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At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market

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The killing of animals for food.

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Thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter

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The killing of animals for their meat, or the killing of large numbers of animals in a cruel manner

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We must find ways of reducing the slaughter on the highways (= deaths of many people in car acciden…