[{"word":"holocaust","phonetic":"/ˈhoʊləkɑst/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈhoʊləkɑst/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈhɒləkɔːst/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈhoʊləkɔst/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈhoʊləkɑst/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"1895 September 10, \"ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.\", in The New York Times"},{"definition":"In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To destroy completely, especially by fire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holocaust"]}]