• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    the holocaust isn’t happening again though?

    Doesn’t holocaust literally mean “death by all means necessary” I don’t think i would consider this “death by all means necessary”

    although i think etymologically holocaust just has to do with “burning by fire” but i recall the germans using a more extreme definition of the holocaust more broadly.

    also how is zionism is a death cult? Cringe sure, but death cult? Yeah idk about that one chief.

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      3 months ago

      holocaust

      holocaust

      noun ho·​lo·​caust ˈhō-lə-ˌkȯst ˈhä-, also -ˌkäst, or ˈhȯ-lə-kȯst

      Synonyms of holocaust

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      : a sacrifice (see sacrifice entry 1 sense 2) consumed by fire

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      : a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire a nuclear holocaust

      3 a usually the Holocaust : the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II Several members of her family died in the Holocaust. a Holocaust survivor b : a mass slaughter of people especially : genocide “a holocaust in Rwanda”

      It’s a holocaust.