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as in inferno
a destructive burning
the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes
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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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Recent Examples of holocaust
But in the two or three minutes since his initial departure, the fiery holocaust had somehow become even more deadly.
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Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
Brody is central to director Brady Corbet’s epic story of a holocaust survivor and celebrated Hungarian architect, one who falls prey to a toxic and controlling patron (Guy Pearce) over decades in post-war America.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management.
66 million years ago an asteroid collided with the Earth triggering an environmental holocaust that killed the dinosaurs roaming our planet.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
Brody is central to director Brady Corbet’s epic story of a holocaust survivor and celebrated Hungarian architect, one who falls prey to a toxic and controlling patron (Guy Pearce) over decades in post-war America.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management.
66 million years ago an asteroid collided with the Earth triggering an environmental holocaust that killed the dinosaurs roaming our planet.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Can Verdugo, known for intensity — if not a full-on internal inferno like Donaldson, at least a flame — have any semblance of such impact on this team?—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Courtesy Andrea-Marie Stark Stark’s house is one of several that survived the inferno on her block, but its proximity to the flames meant everything inside was coated with a thick layer of soot.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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These included a shopping mall siege in 2013 that killed over 60, a bus hijacking in 2014 that killed 28, and a 2015 college massacre where 148 people—predominantly Christian students—were killed.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Israel on Thursday recovered the bodies of two hostages who were abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre that ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.—
Bradford Betz , Yael Rotem-Kuriel,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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The fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes, officials said.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2025
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His 2020 documentary Gunda, executive produced by Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, examined the life of a pig raising a farrow of piglets who are then seized and sent to slaughter.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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At the moment, most American beef cannot be exported to Britain, in part because of the widespread practice of hormone treatment but also because of other regulations, including those covering the method of slaughter.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holocaust. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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