Definition of: holocaust

(hol′ə·kôst) noun
1. A sacrifice wholly consumed by fire.
2. Wholesale destruction or loss of life by fire, war, etc. [<F holocauste <LL holocaustum <Gk. holokauston, neut. of holokaustos <holos whole + kaustos burnt]
—hol′o·caus′tal, hol′·o·caus′tic adjective

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