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as in inferno
a destructive burning
the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes
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as in massacre
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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Recent Examples of holocaust
What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
But in the two or three minutes since his initial departure, the fiery holocaust had somehow become even more deadly.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
What may do us in isn’t a meteor, a nuclear holocaust or a superpandemic.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
But in the two or three minutes since his initial departure, the fiery holocaust had somehow become even more deadly.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holocaust
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Nearly half a year since the infernos swept through their neighborhoods, thousands of people remain displaced – those like Mr. Quiroz’s mother, who lost homes, and those like Mr. Quiroz and his family, whose homes still stand.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 June 2025
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But Israel has also widened the scope of its strikes to hit economic targets, turning vital parts of Iran’s fossil fuel infrastructure into infernos.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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Nearly 600 days after he was abducted by Hamas during the October 7 massacre, Edan Alexander returned home to New Jersey on Thursday to a deeply emotional homecoming.—
Efrat Lachter , Nate Foy , Julia Johnson,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
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But in the decade since the massacre, the families and others have been troubled by other deadly attacks against people because of their race, ethnicity or faith.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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Israel and Iran exchanged heavy fire for the eighth straight day on Friday, with Iranian missiles striking Israeli cities and Israeli jets targeting military and nuclear sites across Iran.—
Amanda Castro
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Swiss rate cut spotlights Europe’s disinflation risk While many nations are holding fire on interest rates, the Swiss decision is a reminder of the risk of disinflation, analysts warned.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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Third, in the face of such facts, a deportation of Afghans back to Afghanistan would be nothing short of a slaughter.—
David Peduto,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2025
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His cases there included the successful prosecution — in a 25-month trial — of a Croatian general who ordered the slaughter of Muslim noncombatants.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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“Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holocaust. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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