HOLOCAUST - The term holocaust originally derived from the ...)" sacrificial offering to a god. Its Latin form ( holocaustum ) was first used with specific reference to a massacre of Jews...
3 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 24/03/2010
I don't know if it is a legal term, but holocaust (lowercase "h") is a word that is used to describe a massive...
7 Answers · Politics & Government · 24/10/2009
The word Holocaust is from the Greek words for whole and burnt. ...
4 Answers · Education & Reference · 24/12/2010
Hello, The Holocaust means a lot to many people today, and to an equal number of people very...
6 Answers · Education & Reference · 01/03/2011
Holocaust noun 1. destruction of human life: wholesale or mass destruction, especially of human life a... by fire [13th century. < Old French holocauste < Greek holokaustos "burned whole"...
5 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 31/12/2009
Holocaust the Systematic Annihilation of a Group of people Because of Racism and Bigotry
4 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 07/03/2012
...in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire. 2. a. Holocaust The genocide of European Jews and... in the Savings and Loan holocaust may be viewed as overblown or in poor...
8 Answers · Education & Reference · 21/05/2012
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war.
4 Answers · Education & Reference · 28/11/2011
A historical tradagey, known as the mass killing of 6 million Jews in Europe that took place during WWII.
3 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 31/10/2009
A literal definition from Merriam-Webster: 1: a sacrifice consumed...extensive loss of life especially through fire <a nuclear holocaust > 3 aoften capitalized : the mass slaughter of European...
9 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 15/03/2008