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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hecatomb
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.

2. hecatomb
any great slaughter.

Etymology: (1585–95; < L hecatombē < Gk hekatómbē <*hekatombwā=hékaton one hundred +*-bwā, der. of boûs ox (see cow¹))

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hecatomb
a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hecatomb
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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