Shoah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
noun
  1. A mass murder.
verb
  1. To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃəʊ.ə/ /ˈʃoʊ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Shoah.wav

Word forms

Shoah the Shoah shoahs shoahing shoahed

Etymology

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

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