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Shoah

//ˈʃoʊ.ə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

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

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A mass murder.
Verb
  1. 1
    To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform. transitive

    "I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

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