holocausting

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noun

An act of destroying (something) completely, especially by fire.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

holocausting1

nounholocausting (plural holocaustings)

plural holocaustings

  1. gerund of holocaust
    1. 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
    2. 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
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of holocaust

Holocausting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of Holocaust

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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

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