n. | 1. | A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. |
2. | Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. | |
3. | The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as |
Noun | 1. | holocaust - an act of great destruction and loss of life |
2. | Holocaust - the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler Synonyms: final solution |