a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire.

a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering.

( usually initial capital letter ) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually prec. by the ).

any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life.

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annihilation , carnage , catastrophe , devastation , extermination , extinction , genocide , immolation , inferno , massacre , mass murder , slaughter , destruction , disaster , fire , sacrifice