Number of syllables in the word 'holocaust'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word holocaust.
- No of syllables in holocaust : 3
- Divide syllables in holocaust : hol-o-caust
More about the word - holocaust
- noun
- Definition : A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
- Definition : Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).
- Definition : In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).
- verb
- Definition : To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.
- Definition : To destroy completely, especially by fire.
- Definition : (possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)
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