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Synonyms for holocaust
ˈhɒl əˌkɔst, ˈhoʊ lə-holo·caust

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Wiktionary1.5 / 4 votes

  1. Holocaustnoun

    Synonyms:
    Shoah

  2. Holocaustnoun

    The mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II.

    Synonyms:
    Shoah

Princeton's WordNet1.4 / 5 votes

  1. holocaustnoun

    an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)

    "a nuclear holocaust"

    Synonyms:
    final solution

  2. Holocaust, final solutionnoun

    the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

    Synonyms:
    final solution

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 2 votes

  1. holocaustnoun

    Synonyms:
    burnt-offering (wholly consumed)

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "holocaust":

    shoah, massacre, incendiary

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Holocaust":

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How to use holocaust in a sentence?

  1. Natalie Portman:

    Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust.

  2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    The interpretation of my remarks as though I absolved the Nazis of even one ounce of responsibility for the Holocaust is absurd.

  3. Aris Shirvanian:

    We, the Armenians and the Jewish people, have suffered the same fate, and the Armenian genocide has served as a predecessor to the Jewish Holocaust, so Israel should have been actually one of the first countries to support and recognize the Armenian genocide.

  4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    The comparison that arose from the deputy chief of staff's comments on the processes that characterized Nazi Germany 80 years ago is outrageous, they wrong Israeli society and cheapen the Holocaust.

  5. Miep Gies:

    I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur, think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.


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