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a destructive burning
- the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes
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the killing of a large number of people
- as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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The first known use of holocaust was in the 13th century
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