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holocaust

[hol-uh-kawst, hoh-luh-] / ˈhɒl əˌkɔst, ˈhoʊ lə- /
NOUN
complete destruction, especially by fire
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Meanwhile, 95-year-old Mala Tribich was welcomed to Downing Street by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as the first holocaust survivor "ever to address the cabinet".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

In the 1950s, it was a nuclear holocaust and in the 1960s a population bomb and deforestation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

It is the 37th film in the film series, which usually uses Godzilla as a sober symbol of nuclear holocaust and atomic trauma.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

More than 100 million people tuned in to Nicholas Meyer’s “The Day After,” a TV movie that dramatized the effects of nuclear holocaust in Kansas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Rare is the human spirit that remains buoyant in a holocaust.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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