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holocaust

[hol-uh-kawst, hoh-luh-] / ˈhɒl əˌkɔst, ˈhoʊ lə- /
NOUN
complete destruction, especially by fire
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Alexander Kleytman was a holocaust survivor who came to Australia from Ukraine.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

In the 1950s, it was a nuclear holocaust and in the 1960s a population bomb and deforestation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

His social commentary encompassed war, protests, ghetto life, police brutality, pollution, and nuclear holocaust.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

As humans continue to encroach on our planet, we are driving a mass extinction that some experts call a "biological holocaust."

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

Strauss’s words created alarm over the prospect of nuclear holocaust without laying to rest the public’s anxiety about fallout.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik