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Holocaust

A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

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Destruction 76% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Devastation 76% connected

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Contract noun · 78% connection

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Force majeure noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Illegality noun · 78% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Vis major noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Assidean noun · 78% connection

One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

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Base-burner noun · 78% connection

A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Burnt p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

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Combust adjective · 78% connection

Burnt; consumed.

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Corban noun · 78% connection

An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a v…

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Disperse verb · 78% connection

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Easter noun · 78% connection

An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It correspon…

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Ethnical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

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Expiation noun · 78% connection

The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.

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Gentile adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

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Heathen noun · 78% connection

An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idola…

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Heave offering unknown · 78% connection

An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering.

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Hecatomb noun · 78% connection

A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

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Hellenist noun · 78% connection

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his moth…

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Horn noun · 78% connection

One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

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Immolate verb · 78% connection

To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.

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Immolator noun · 78% connection

One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.

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