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as in inferno
a destructive burning
the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes
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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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His predecessor had started seizing the high ground in the nuclear age with bold ideas for controlling these diabolical weapons, and other presidents would continue, in time leading to arms-control and test-ban treaties, and helping (so far) to avert nuclear holocaust.
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Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
The Russians know that a conflict on the edge of central Europe is not the same as a Soviet march to the Rhine or the English Channel and that Washington will not risk a nuclear holocaust over a localized and relatively small conventional conflict.
—Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2019
Vladimir Putin will not lose this war, short of a nuclear holocaust or threatening one.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
In his Inland after the Bad Time (nuclear holocaust), there are no newspapers or books; there are puppet shows and storytellers.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2024
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Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
The Russians know that a conflict on the edge of central Europe is not the same as a Soviet march to the Rhine or the English Channel and that Washington will not risk a nuclear holocaust over a localized and relatively small conventional conflict.
—Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2019
Vladimir Putin will not lose this war, short of a nuclear holocaust or threatening one.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
In his Inland after the Bad Time (nuclear holocaust), there are no newspapers or books; there are puppet shows and storytellers.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2024
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In Nickel Boys, the inferno is called the Nickel Academy and the story zooms in on a friendship between two young men, studious and hopeful Elwood, played by Ethan Herisse, and Brandon Wilson’s more cynical Turner.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
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This is important because any sort of flaw in a battery could lead to an inferno, says Venkat Srinivasan, who studies batteries and directs the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science at the US’s Argonne National Laboratory.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2024
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Israeli massacres of civilians, which have been condemned by the United Nations and by human rights organizations, have proved devastating for civil society and are being used by axis groups to foster their ideology of resistance.Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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This was an indirect way of criticizing Hezbollah, which started this new round of fighting by launching rockets at Israeli civilian targets the day after the October 7 massacre, ostensibly to show solidarity with Hamas.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Following the explosion and the resulting fire, a man and woman in their 70s were hospitalized in serious condition with severe burns, although both had improved by Wednesday afternoon to stable condition, Allen said.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Town of Brookfield Fire Department Assistant Chief Tony D'Amico said the fire started somewhere in the roof and ceiling area of the custard shop.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement In both states, there are exemptions for lactating dairy cattle destined for slaughter.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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The measure’s passage would shut down a lamb slaughter plant that butchers up to 500,000 lambs per year, accounting for between 15 and 20 percent of all US lamb meat.Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holocaust. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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