Meanings
holocausting1
plural holocaustings
- gerund of holocaust
- rareAn act of destroying (something) completely, especially by fire.
They appeared when the President of Aztlan, Jorge the Horrible, granted the whole world Aztlanian citizenship and compelled everyone living on earth to pay taxes, under the threat of nuclear holocausting.
2015, Victor Pelevin, S.N.U.F.F., Gollancz, →ISBN - rareThe subjection of a group of people to a holocaust (mass annihilation).
This led to the eventual holocausting of over ten million people from homes held as long as London was English. Largely women and children were pushed onto the open road with what they could carry on their backs.
2005, C. L. Corey, Our Own Felicity: We Make or Find, Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 58
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of holocaust
Holocausting2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of Holocaust
Origin
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