holocausted

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English

Etymology

From holocaust +‎ -ed.

Adjective

holocausted

  1. That has been sacrificed by being completely burned.
    • 1986, Sylvia Brinton Perera, The Scapegoat Complex: Toward a Mythology of Shadow and Guilt:
      The Holocausted Goat
      Besides the condemning accuser, there is also the "holocausted goat," originally symbolizing libido sacrificed to the offended Yahweh.
    • 1987, Quadrant:
      The first was the holocausted goat, not worthy to live, who manifests in the modern complex as the helpless victim of pre-egoic consciousness. The second is the exiled wandering goat who carries all the denied instincts — sexuality, []

Verb

holocausted

  1. simple past and past participle of holocaust