Definitions from Wiktionary (hecatomb)
▸ noun: (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun: (by extension, religion, historical) A great public sacrifice in other religions; also, a great number of animals or people reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun: (figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.
▸ verb: (transitive) To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
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▸ noun: (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun: (by extension, religion, historical) A great public sacrifice in other religions; also, a great number of animals or people reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun: (figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.
▸ verb: (transitive) To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
Similar:
xenismos,
Cottus,
centauromachy,
Hecatompedon,
theophagy,
Bacchanalia,
Centimanes,
Thesmophoria,
Hecatoncheires,
centauromachia,
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