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

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1. Holocaustnoun

   Synonyms:
   Shoah

2. Holocaustnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   Shoah

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Destruction
   • Genocide

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1. holocaustnoun

   Synonyms:
   burnt-offering (wholly consumed)

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1. List of paraphrases for "holocaust":

   shoah, massacre, incendiary

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1. List of known nicknames for "Holocaust":

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1. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   What's 'ridiculous and sad' is that President Obama does not take Iran's repeated threats seriously. For decades, Iranian leaders have pledged to 'destroy,' 'annihilate,' and 'wipe Israel off the map' with a 'big Holocaust,' 'Never again' will be the policy of my administration and I will stand with our ally Israel to prevent the terrorists in Tehran from achieving their own stated goal of another Holocaust.

2. Ahmad Mansour:

   Education can't just be about the Holocaust and the Third Reich. Schools also need to talk about the Middle East conflict, antisemitism based on religious argumentation and conspiracy theories.

3. Mark Levin:

   There are people watching this program, some of whom survived the Holocaust, some of whom have had parents in the Holocaust.

4. Howard Hochhauser:

   This collection will help people learn more about the magnitude of the Holocaust, those who lived through it and those who perished as a result of it.

5. Gideon Taylor:

   The results are both shocking and saddening and they underscore why we must act now while Holocaust Remembrance survivors are still with us to voice their stories.