holocaust vs witch-hunt

holocaust

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

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

  • A complete or large offering or sacrifice. 

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

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. 

witch-hunt

noun
  • A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them. 

  • A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group. 

  • An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds. 

verb
  • To perform a witch-hunt. 

How often have the words holocaust and witch-hunt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )