"final solution" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-final solution.wav Forms: final solutions [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Endlösung. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Endlösung}} Calque of German Endlösung Head templates: {{en-noun}} final solution (plural final solutions)
  1. (historical, often capitalized) The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust. Tags: capitalized, historical, often Categories (topical): Death, Murder Translations (planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews): lopullinen ratkaisu (Finnish), solution finale [feminine] (French), Endlösung [feminine] (German), ostateczne rozwiązanie [neuter] (Polish), solução final [feminine] (Portuguese), оконча́тельное реше́ние (okončátelʹnoje rešénije) [neuter] (Russian), slutgiltig lösning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-final_solution-en-noun-sUmt3wX1 Disambiguation of Death: 55 44 1 Disambiguation of Murder: 55 41 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 31 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 23 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 31 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 26 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 56 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 57 25 18 Disambiguation of 'planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews': 93 6 1
  2. (by extension) Any similar attempted or successful genocide. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-final_solution-en-noun-p-NKlVpf
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see final, solution. Related terms: Jewish Question
    Sense id: en-final_solution-en-noun-lryhWZx6

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