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What is the noun for holocaust?

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holocaust
  1. A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes. [from the 13th c]
  2. The annihilation or near-annihilation of a group of animals or people, whether by natural or deliberate agency. [from the 20th c]
  3. The state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group. In particular, the Holocaust (which see). [from the 20th c]
  4. An inferno or fire disaster.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The ship collided with the tug and its oil barge tow, creating a burning holocaust in the center of our port and city area.”
      “It is wrong to insult the memory of so many victims of the holocaust in this way.”
      “Since 1945 the world has lived in dread of a nuclear holocaust blotting out all life on earth.”
holocausts
  1. plural of holocaust
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Another correspondent defines as holocausts the almost total destruction of some Maori tribes by other tribes.”
      “We hope that with this resolution we are making a contribution to humankind's struggle to ensure that there will be no more holocausts.”
      “Then he directed certain young Israelites to offer holocausts and to immolate bullocks to the Lord as communion sacrifices.”
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