shoah

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UK/ˈʃəʊ.ə/US/ˈʃoʊ.ə/

noun

A mass murder.

“I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed.”

OriginHebrew שׁוֹאָה →
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Meanings

shoah1

nounshoah (plural shoahs)

plural shoahs

  1. A mass murder.
verbshoah (third-person singular simple present shoahs, present participle shoahing, simple past and past participle shoahed)

present singular third person shoahs · participle present shoahing · participle past shoahed · past shoahed

  1. transitivechiefly alt-right slangTo destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.

    I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed.

Shoah2

proper nounthe Shoah
  1. JewishhistoryThe systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

    I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial.

    1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
holocaust

Origin

shoah · noun, verb

  1. Hebrewשׁוֹאָה“catastrophe”
  2. Englishshoah

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

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Shoah · proper noun

  1. Hebrewשׁוֹאָה“catastrophe”
  2. EnglishShoah

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

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Translations

Hindi शोआ
  • शोआ (śoā)systematic mass murder of Jews
Spanish Shoá
  • Shoásystematic mass murder of Jews

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shoah

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Cite this entry
APA

shoah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoah

MLA

“shoah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoah.

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