1. holocaust - Noun
2. holocaust - Verb
3. Holocaust - Proper noun
A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
Source: Webster's dictionarya nuclear holocaust Source: Internet
According to scholars, the Jewish holocaust and the Genocide against the Tutsi were forerun by dehumanization propaganda and incitement; and these tendencies must not be given room in society today as nations look at building sustainable peace. Source: Internet
About 4,000 were soldiers and the rest were civilians. citation Around 2,000 were Holocaust survivors. citation The exact number of Arab casualties is unknown. Source: Internet
According to David Stannard 's American Holocaust, 50% of African deaths occurred in Africa as a result of wars between native kingdoms, which produced the majority of slaves. Source: Internet
About 90% of Poland’s Jewish minority of 3.3 million people perished in the Holocaust. Source: Internet
According to The Simon Wiesenthal Center (in January 2011) "Ukraine has, to the best of our knowledge, never conducted a single investigation of a local Nazi war criminal, let alone prosecuted a Holocaust perpetrator." Source: Internet