Shoah

/ ˈʃɔɑː /

noun

1. See Churban, holocaust
   (in secular Judaism) a Hebrew word for holocaust See also Churban

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shoah¹

literally: destruction

Example Sentences

What is the great chronicler of the Shoah doing being chummy with a collaborator?

From The Daily Beast

Lanzmann has always shunned archival footage; they are hardly used at all in Shoah or The Last of the Unjust.

From The Daily Beast

As we were getting ready to repair to his capacious table, we were joined by Claude Lanzmann, the maker of the film Shoah.

From The Daily Beast

In other words, Berlusconi's trivialization of the Shoah and his lenient views regarding Mussolini are not uncommon.

From The Daily Beast

After total war with millions dead and the Shoah comes what?

From The Daily Beast

But yo is gwine to die shoah, den ob course dey wont hang you.

From Project Gutenberg

"Come down to de shoah," and he led the way to where he had left his boat.

From Project Gutenberg