shoah

UK/ˈʃəʊ.ə//ˈʃoʊ.ə/

shoah noun: a mass murder.

Noun

shoah (plural shoahs)

shoah (third-person singular simple present shoahs, present participle shoahing, simple past and past participle shoahed)

(transitive, chiefly alt-right slang) To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.
- I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed.

the Shoah

(Jewish) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
- I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial.1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

Noun
plural	shoahs
Verb
third-person singular present	shoahs
present participle	shoahing
past participle	shoahed
past	shoahed

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

What does shoah mean?: Shoah means a mass murder.
What part of speech is shoah?: Shoah can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shoah?: Shoah is pronounced /ˈʃəʊ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of shoah?: The plural of shoah is shoahs.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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