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— English words —

• holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
• holocaust n. (By extension).
• holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
• holocaust v. To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.
• holocaust v. To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse.
• Holocaust prop.n. (Historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi…
• Holocaust prop.n. (Historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of eleven million people, namely six million…
• Holocaust v. Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“subject to a mass annihilation; destroy en masse”).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • holocaust n. Holocaust (the state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group).
• Old spanish
  • holocaust n. Apocopic form of holocausto, burnt offering.
• Polish
  • holocaust n. (Biblical, historical, literary, religion) burnt offering, holocaust (slaughtered animal burnt on an altar).
  • holocaust n. (Literary) holocaust (extensive destruction of a group of animals or people).
  • Holocaust prop.n. (Historical) Holocaust (mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany).
• Romanian
  • holocaust n. Holocaust.

— English words, defined in German —

• Holocaust S. Holocaust.
• Holocaust S. Historisch, im engeren Sinne: massenhafte, systematische Verfolgung, Deportation, Vertreibung, Gettoisierung…
• Holocaust S. Historisch, im weiteren Sinne: massenhafte, systematische Verfolgung, Deportation, Vertreibung, Gettoisierung…

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• holocaust n. Brandoffer.
• holocaust n. Massale vernietiging van mensen of dieren.
• holocaust n. Bewuste vernietiging van een volk.
• Holocaust eig. Shoah, de massale moord op de Joden vóór en in de Tweede Wereldoorlog door de nazi’s.
• Holocaust eig. De massale moord op de Joden en andere minderheidsgroepen vóór en in de Tweede Wereldoorlog door de nazi’s.

— English words, defined in French —

• holocaust n. Holocauste.
• Holocaust n.prop. (Histoire) (Avec the) Shoah, Holocauste.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• Holocaust s. Holocausto.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• Holocaust s. Holocausto.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• holocaust s. (Storia) (politica) olocausto.

— In German —

• Holocaust S. Kein Plural; historisch, im engeren Sinne: massenhafte, systematische…
• Holocaust S. Kein Plural; historisch, im weiteren Sinne: massenhafte…
• Holocaust S. Im weitesten Sinne: massenhafte Vernichtung menschlichen Lebens.
• Holocaust S. Holokaust.
• Holocaust S. Veraltet fachsprachlich (Altertumswissenschaften, Theologie)…

— In Dutch —

• holocaust n. Opzettelijke massale vernietiging van mensen of dieren.
• holocaust n. (Verouderd) iets aan een godheid geven door het te verbranden.
• holocaust n. (Verouderd) (figuurlijk) iets wat je prijsgeeft om een hoger…
• Holocaust eig. (Oorlog), (geschiedenis) de massale moord op de Joden vóór…
• Holocaust eig. (Oorlog), (geschiedenis)de massale moord op de Joden en…

65 English words from 14 English definitions

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13 English words from 23 foreign definitions

Deportation door een het Holocaust nazi Plural Shoah Sinne the van volk wat

2 foreign words from 14 English definitions

holocausto masse

46 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

aan andere Avec Brandoffer dieren engeren fachsprachlich figuurlijk geschiedenis Gettoisierung geven geven␣door godheid Histoire historisch Holocauste Holocausto iets Joden Kein Lebens massale massenhafte menschlichen mensen moord olocausto Oorlog politica prijsgeeft Storia systematische Theologie Tweede Tweede␣Wereldoorlog Veraltet verbranden Verfolgung Vernichtung vernietiging Verouderd Vertreibung vóór weiteren weitesten Wereldoorlog

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

holocausts Holocausts holocaustal holocausted Holocausted holocaustic holocausting Holocausting Holocaustish Holocaustesque Holocaustianity

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

postholocaust

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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17 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Acol col Col COL col- col. Col. -col- colo Colo colo- Colo. Loh LOH Sua Tsu UAC

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

holocausts Holocausts

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

acholous at␣school

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

homocaust Homocaust Lolocaust

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