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hecatomb
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Hecatomb
(gcide) | Hecatomb \Hec"a*tomb\, n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. ?; ? hundred + ?
ox: cf. F. h['e]catombe.] (Antiq.)
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time;
hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of
victims.
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Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. --Addison.
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More than a human hecatomb. --Byron.
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hecatomb
(wn) | hecatomb
n 1: a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of
100 oxen |
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Hecatomb
(gcide) | Hecatomb \Hec"a*tomb\, n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. ?; ? hundred + ?
ox: cf. F. h['e]catombe.] (Antiq.)
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time;
hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of
victims.
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Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. --Addison.
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More than a human hecatomb. --Byron.
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