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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hecatomb
    n 1: a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of
         100 oxen

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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