Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “Holocaust”?

Holocaust means huge destruction, especially by fire or war.

• Correct answer - devastation: it has the same meaning as Holocaust.
• grumpy: bad-tempered - wrong, it does not mean the same as Holocaust.
• hooligan: a violent troublemaker - wrong, it does not mean the same as Holocaust.
• postulated: suggested as a basis for reasoning - wrong, it does not mean the same as Holocaust.