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holocaust

noun
🔊/ˈhɒləkɔːst/
🔊/ˈhəʊləkɔːst/, 🔊/ˈhɑːləkɔːst/
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  1. [countable] a situation in which many things are destroyed and many people killed, especially because of a war or a fire（尤指战争或火灾引起的）大灾难，大毁灭
    • a nuclear holocaust核灾难
    Topics War and conflictc2
  2. the Holocaust
     [singular] the killing of millions of Jews by the German Nazi government in the period 1941–5 （20 世纪 30 年代和 40 年代纳粹对数百万犹太人的）大屠杀
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French holocauste, via late Latin from Greek holokauston, from holos ‘whole’ + kaustos ‘burnt’ (from kaiein ‘burn’).