holocausting

English

Etymology

From holocaust +‎ -ing.

Noun

holocausting (plural holocaustings)

1. (rare) gerund of holocaust
   1. An act of destroying (something) completely, especially by fire.
      • 2015, Victor Pelevin, S.N.U.F.F., Gollancz, →ISBN:

        They appeared when the President of Aztlan, Jorge the Horrible, granted the whole world Aztlanian citizenship and compelled everyone living on earth to pay taxes, under the threat of nuclear holocausting.

   2. The subjection of a group of people to a holocaust (mass annihilation).
      • 2005, C. L. Corey, Our Own Felicity: We Make or Find, Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 58:

        This led to the eventual holocausting of over ten million people from homes held as long as London was English. Largely women and children were pushed onto the open road with what they could carry on their backs.

Verb

holocausting

1. present participle and gerund of holocaust