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Shoah

Noun CEFR B1
ˈʃəʊ.ə

Definitions

  1. A mass murder.
  2. The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Equivalents

EspañolShoá
FrançaisShoah
Italianoshoah
2 more languages
עבריתהשואה
PolskiShoah

Examples

“I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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