holocaust
Example Sentences
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Earlier on Tuesday, Mala Tribich became the first holocaust survivor to address the cabinet - where she urged the government to "do what needs to be done" to tackle antisemitism today.
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
As humans continue to encroach on our planet, we are driving a mass extinction that some experts call a "biological holocaust."
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024
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
It obviously wasn’t functioning from the old GPS satellites—they’d all been destroyed in the radiation holocaust of the sun flares.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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