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.
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.
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.
To perform a witch-hunt.