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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Holocaust \Hol"o*caust\, n. [L. holocaustum Gr ?, neut. of ?, ?, burnt whole; "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr kai`ein to burn (cf. {Caustic}): cf F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. --Milton. 2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: holocaust n : an act of great destruction and loss of life
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