holocaust has definitions from the fields of law,sociology
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[ noun ] an act of great destruction and loss of life

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

On the street outside , Hieronymus envisions a holocaust of the vanities of this world , such a burning of artistic and erotic productions as his namesake actually brought to pass in Florence , and prophetically he issues his curse : `` Gladius_Dei super terram cito et velociter '' .

Related terms

destruction

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[ noun ] (law,sociology) the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

Synonyms

final_solution

Related terms

genocide

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