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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A sacrifice to a god that is completely burned to ashes.
  • The annihilation or near-annihilation of a group of animals or people, whether by natural or deliberate agency (e.g., ?nuclear holocaust?)
  • The state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group. In particular (and often with an initial capital) the ?Final Solution?, a euphemism used by the Nazis to describe the mass killing of Jews and others either in camps equipped with industrial gassing and crematorium equipment or by more conventional means.

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Proper noun:

  • The mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II.

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