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holocaust

[hol-uh-kawst, hoh-luh-] / ˈhɒl əˌkɔst, ˈhoʊ lə- /
NOUN
complete destruction, especially by fire
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Earlier on Tuesday, Mala Tribich became the first holocaust survivor to address the cabinet - where she urged the government to "do what needs to be done" to tackle antisemitism today.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

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

But “Godzilla Minus One” returns to the essential nature of Godzilla as a sober symbol of nuclear holocaust and atomic trauma.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

More than 100 million people tuned in to Nicholas Meyer’s “The Day After,” a TV movie that dramatized the effects of nuclear holocaust in Kansas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Soon I picked up enough English to understand holocaust was in the air.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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