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Main Entry: ho·lo·caust
Pronunciation: 'hO-l&-"kost, 'hä- also -"käst or 'ho-l&-kost
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French holocauste, from Late Latin
holocaustum, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos burnt
whole, from hol- + kaustos burnt, from kaiein to burn -- more at
CAUSTIC
Date: 13th century
3 a often capitalized : the mass slaughter of European civilians and
especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II