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Plural of holocaust

regular plural

The plural of holocaust is holocausts.

Forms of holocaust

Singularholocaust /ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/
Pluralholocausts
Countablecountable

Holocausts in a sentence

  • But for now, there is no prophet amongst the politicians, and the only prophecies to be heard are of nakbas and holocausts.2010, Raimond Gaita, Gaza: Morality, Law & Politics, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry nakba
  • Pandora's box of holocausts gracefully cruising satellite infested heavens, waiting, the season of the button, the penultimate migration, radioactive perfumes for the fashionably, for the terminally, insane.1984, “Fugazi”, in Fish (lyrics), Fugazi, performed by Marillion. From the entry button

Meaning of holocaust

  1. noun An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
  2. noun A complete or large offering or sacrifice.
  3. noun Complete destruction by fire; also, the thing so destroyed.

Full definition of holocaust

Questions about the plural of holocaust

What is the plural of holocaust?
The plural of holocaust is holocausts.
Is holocaust countable?
Holocaust is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holocaust (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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