Answer: holocaust

AnswerCrossword Clue
HOLOCAUSTDestruction by fire.
holocausta complete or wholesale destruction, esp by fire
holocaustThe mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941รป45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz
holocaustA Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar
holocaustDestruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war