Babi yar
a ravine near Kiev, U.S.S.R.: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.
Contemporary Examples
No, the country of Makhno, of the Holocaust by bullet, and of Babi Yar, was not spared the anti-Semitic virus.
Bernard-Henri Levy: Ukraine’s Revolutionaries Are Not Fascists Bernard-Henri Lévy February 25, 2014
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(in the Pacific Northwest) thong, thread, or lacings made of rawhide, gut, or sinew, especially for making snowshoes. Historical Examples Three times Kazan’s fangs would have sunk deep in his flesh had it not been for the babiche. Kazan James Oliver Curwood Sandy was squatted six feet from him, holding the end of the babiche, […]
- Babied
an infant or very young child. a newborn or very young animal. the youngest member of a family, group, etc. an immature or childish person. a human fetus. Informal. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman, especially an attractive one. a person of whom one is deeply fond; sweetheart. (sometimes initial capital letter) an […]
- Babier
an infant or very young child. a newborn or very young animal. the youngest member of a family, group, etc. an immature or childish person. a human fetus. Informal. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman, especially an attractive one. a person of whom one is deeply fond; sweetheart. (sometimes initial capital letter) an […]