The Yiddish term for the Holocaust is Khurbn, a deliberate analogy to the destructions of the First and Second Temple.
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Destructions
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corruptioncostcrack upcrack-upcrashcripplingcrying evilcursedamagedamnationdead lossdealing deathdeathblowdebacledebitdefeatdefilementdenialdenudationdepredation
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deprivationdesolationdespoilmentdespoliationdestroyerdestruction of lifedetrimentdilapidationdisablementdiseasedisintegrationdisorganizationdispatchdisposaldispossessiondisrepairdisruptiondissolutiondivestmentdoomdownfalldrubbingeliminationencroachmenteuthanasiaevilexcisionexclusionexecutionexpenseexterminationfailurefallfatefinishflow of bloodfly in the ointmentforfeitforfeituregenocidegoregrievance
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harmhidinghobblingholocausthurthurtingillimmolationimpairmentincapacitationinfectioninflictioninfringementinjuryinroadkillkillinglambastinglapidationlathering
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laying wastelickingliquidationloserlosinglosing streaklossmaimingmartyrdommartyrizationmassacremasterymayhemmercy killingmischiefmurdermutilationnaughtnemesisoutrageovercomingoverturnperditionpestpestilencepillageplaguepoisonpoisoningpollutionprivationputting awayquietusravageravagementrazingrescissionritual killingritual murderrobberyruinruinationruiningruinousnesssabotagesacrificescathescourgeshamblesshipwreckshootingsickeningslaughterslayingsmashsnake in the grassspoilingspoliationstoningstrippingsubdualsubduingsubjugationsubversiontaking awaytaking of lifetearing downterminationthe worstthornthrashingtormenttotal losstoxintrimmingtrouncingundoingvandalismvanquishmentvenomvexationvisitationwastewaterlooweakeningwhippingwiping outwoewrackwrack and ruinwreckwreckingwrong
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