holocaust

大虐殺、大量殺戮

非常に多くの人や動物を殺すこと。広範囲の破壊を伴うことも多い。

やさしい英語で： The killing of very large numbers of people or animals, often with widespread destruction.

• They feared a nuclear holocaust.
• The film imagines life after a holocaust.
• Survivors described the holocaust that destroyed their communities.

類義語： massacre, slaughter, annihilation

よく使う表現： nuclear holocaust, prevent a holocaust

全焼の供物

宗教儀式で神に捧げるため、完全に焼く動物や供物。

やさしい英語で： An animal or other gift to a god that is burned completely during a religious ceremony.

• The priest offered a holocaust at the altar.
• The animal became a holocaust during the ceremony.
• Ancient accounts describe holocausts offered to the gods.

類義語： burnt offering

よく使う表現： offer a holocaust, ritual holocaust

大きな犠牲

価値あるものの大部分やすべてを犠牲にすること。

やさしい英語で： A very large or complete sacrifice of something valuable.

• The poet called their sacrifice a holocaust.
• They offered a holocaust of their wealth to the cause.
• The story ends with a great holocaust of personal hopes.

使い方： holocaust of something (The war demanded a holocaust of young lives.)

類義語： sacrifice, offering

よく使う表現： holocaust of something, great holocaust

火災による全滅

火で完全に破壊されること。また、そのように破壊されたもの。

やさしい英語で： Complete destruction by fire, or something that has been completely destroyed by fire.

• The fire turned the village into a holocaust.
• Nothing survived the fiery holocaust.
• The writer described the burned city as a holocaust.

使い方： holocaust of something (The blaze became a holocaust of homes and shops.)

類義語： conflagration

よく使う表現： fiery holocaust, holocaust of something

焼いて供える

動物や供物を神に捧げるために完全に焼く。

やさしい英語で： To burn an animal or another gift completely as an offering to a god.

• The priests prepared to holocaust the animal.
• They holocausted a bull as an offering.
• The account describes animals being holocausted during the ritual.

使い方： holocaust something (The priests would holocaust a ram at the altar.)

類義語： sacrifice

よく使う表現： holocaust an animal, holocaust a victim

全滅させる、焼き尽くす

特に火で焼くなどして、何かを完全に破壊する。

やさしい英語で： To destroy something completely, especially by burning it.

• The fire seemed ready to holocaust the village.
• Flames holocausted the wooden buildings.
• The city had been holocausted in a single night.

使い方： holocaust something (The flames threatened to holocaust the settlement.)

類義語： destroy, annihilate

よく使う表現： holocaust a city, holocaust something completely

虐殺する、皆殺しにする

ある集団の人々を全員、または非常に多く殺す。

やさしい英語で： To kill all or very many members of a group of people.

• The invaders threatened to holocaust the population.
• The writer described entire communities being holocausted.
• The army had holocausted thousands of civilians.

使い方： holocaust someone (The account accuses the invaders of attempting to holocaust the population.)

類義語： massacre, exterminate, annihilate

よく使う表現： holocaust a population, holocaust entire communities