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Shoah

British  
/ ˈʃɔɑː /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Shoah

literally: destruction

Example Sentences

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“I don’t have time to hate,” she said in a 1998 interview with the USC Shoah Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Thirty-five red handprints were left on the Shoah memorial.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Because Nakba and Shoah, the Hebrew word for the Holocaust, both mean “catastrophe” in English, and because both are rooted in the 1940s, they are often equated or conflated.

From Slate • May 15, 2024

That’s why growing up, my dad taught me and my siblings about the horrors of the Shoah at our family dinner table.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

Willi and Kati agreed to speak to the USC-based Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, reliving their pain as they were filmed separately and together.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

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