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. Jack Mandel:

   Once someone lies to me, I can never trust that individual again, the Holocaust is something that touches the heart of every Jew and someone that would use that as a talking point as a vote getter, I think is wrong.

2. German Nazis:

   We are after all the 'experts' on genocide, so it is doubly important, but in a way, we too are Holocaust deniers, so long as it isn't our Holocaust.

3. Richard Holzer:

   I wish the Holocaust really did happen ... they need to die.

4. Joy Behar:

   The CPAC group invited this woman from France … whose [ grand ] father was a Holocaust denier, and total fascist and a Nazi, there’s this penchant for Nazis now [ among conservatives ] with Charlottesville, and the Neos, and ‘ there are good guys on both sides, ’ and now Marine Le Pen.

5. Howard Hochhauser:

   These records are also deeply personal for me, because of Arolsen Archives and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, I was able to unlock a story about my own grandmothers experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Germany.