Devastation and Holocaust

Devastation

Devastation noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

Holocaust is a synonym for devastation. In some cases you can use "Holocaust" instead a noun "Devastation".

Holocaust

Holocaust noun - The killing of a large number of people.
Usage example: as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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Synonyms for Holocaust

Devastation is a synonym for holocaust in cataclysm topic. You can use "Devastation" instead a noun "Holocaust", if it concerns topics such as widespread destruction.

How words are described

human human devastation human holocaust
complete complete devastation complete holocaust
total total devastation total holocaust
massive massive devastation massive holocaust
Other adjectives: major, subsequent, resulting, ensuing, economic, nuclear, global, atomic, worldwide.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Thrawn Trilogy Even though there is No Endor Holocaust, the planet Honogr suffers exactly the kind of devastation that would be expected as the aftermath of the debris from a massive space battle severely damaging it's global ecosystem.
  • Comic Book / X-Wing Series No Coruscant Holocaust: The scenes of Mercy Kill set on Coruscant make no mention of the utter devastation brought upon the planet by Abeloth (earthquakes, volcanoes and toxic gases that killed billions) no more than a few months earlier.
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