nuclear holocaust

  • 21holocaust — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos burnt whole, from hol + kaustos burnt, from kaiein to burn more at caustic Date: 13th century 1. a sacrifice consumed by fire 2. a… …

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  • 22holocaust — hol|o|caust [ halə,kɔst ] noun count a war in which very many ordinary people are killed: a nuclear holocaust …

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  • 23holocaust — noun fears of a nuclear holocaust Syn: cataclysm, disaster, catastrophe; destruction, devastation, annihilation; massacre, slaughter, mass murder, extermination, extirpation, carnage, butchery; genocide, ethnic cleansing, pogrom …

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  • 24holocaust — HOLOCÁUST, holocausturi, s.n. 1. (În antichitate) Jertfă adusă zeilor, în care animalul sacrificat era ars în întregime. ♦ fig. Ofrandă, sacrificiu. 2. Ucidere (prin ardere) a unui foarte mare număr de oameni. [pr.: ca ust. – var.: olocáust s.n.] …

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  • 25Nuclear Blast — Основан 1987 Основатели Маркус Штайгер Жанр различные жанры метала Страна Германия …

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  • 26Holocaust 2000 — Infobox Film name = Holocaust 2000 image size = caption = director = Alberto De Martino producer = Edmondo Amati Maurizio Amati writer = Sergio Donati Alberto De Martino narrator = starring = Kirk Douglas music = cinematography = Erico Menczer… …

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  • 27Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …

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  • 28Nuclear weapons and Israel — Israel Nuclear program start date mid to late 1950s[1] First nuclear weapon test Unknown; possible join …

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  • 29Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …

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  • 30holocaust — [13] Etymologically, a holocaust is a ‘complete burning’, and the word was originally used in English for a ‘burnt offering’, a ‘sacrifice completely consumed by fire’ (Mark 12, 33, ‘more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices’ in the… …

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