förintelse — meaning in English
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English meaning
- annihilation noun Total destruction; the act of wiping something out of existence.
- holocaust name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Senses
förintelse is used for these senses in English:
- annihilation The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- holocaust hence, the state-sponsored mass murder of a particular group of people in society. [from 20th c.]
- holocaust Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
annihilation — full definition
- noun Total destruction; the act of wiping something out of existence.
- noun Physics: the process by which a particle and antiparticle destroy each other, converting their mass into energy.
holocaust — full definition
- name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
- noun Widespread destruction or slaughter, especially on a massive scale.