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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. --Addison. More than a human hecatomb. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hecatomb n : a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
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