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How to pronounce “holocaust”
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Pronunciation guide for holocaust
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of holocaust with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jorge Ramos: Why journalists have an obligation to challenge power (with English subtitles)
Elie Wiesel -- Holocaust survivor,
- Definition summary
- (religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. [from 13th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce holocaust
Jorge Ramos: Why journalists have an obligation to challenge power (with English subtitles)
Elie Wiesel -- Holocaust survivor,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “holocaust”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. [from 13th c.]
- (by extension)
- [Verb]
- (religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
- To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.
- To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse.
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