Sentence:  Another view sometimes heard is that the Nazis' loudly trumpeted policy of 'eradicating' homosexuality amounted to a ‘<WSD>homocaust</WSD>' somehow comparable to the extermination of the Jews. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the "Homocaust"), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.