butchering vs holocaust

butchering

noun
  • The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing. 

holocaust

noun
  • Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter. 

  • Complete destruction by fire; also, the thing so destroyed. 

  • An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. 

  • A complete or large offering or sacrifice. 

verb
  • To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. 

  • To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire. 

  • To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. 

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