holocaust - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • create: The less people who encourage plan and create holocausts the better!
  • survive: They survived a veritable holocaust of German artillery fire from 3 sides of the Wood.
  • call: You can't really call the holocaust the hoax of the twentieth century then expect an easy ride into the political mainstream.
  • follow: Again we have a medieval landscape from which science has withdrawn, following a nuclear holocaust which has left humanity genetically damaged.
  • perpetrate: French president Mitterand's son was chief arms salesman to the Hutu government of Rwanda that perpetrated this holocaust.

Adjective modifier

  • Victorian: Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World.
  • nuclear: The ghastly prospect of nuclear holocaust looms larger every year.
  • atomic: An atomic holocaust can begin which will destroy a lot.
  • silent: WaterAid chief executive Barbara Frost said: " There is a silent holocaust occurring around the world caused by lack of water and sanitation.

Modifies a noun

  • denier: Irving is accused of being a holocaust denier " .
  • denial: Holocaust denial per se is not an offense in the United Kingdom.
  • survivor: I met a holocaust survivor who now protests against Zionism.
  • memorial: The Wiener Library is the world's oldest Holocaust memorial institution, tracing its history back to 1933.
  • victim: One must wonder why one particular minority has been excluded from the list of holocaust victims.

Noun used with modifier

  • zombie: Zombie Holocaust on eBay eBay offers great deals on items related to Zombie Holocaust.
  • post: Joel Lane's Against My Ruins is the tale of two people attempting intimacy as they scavenge through a post holocaust city.

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