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hecatomb noun

  /-tɒm/ , /ˈhɛkətoʊm/ , /ˈhɛkətuːm/
  • (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.
  • (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.
 hekatombi, suuri uhraus

hecatomb verb

  /-tɒm/ , /ˈhɛkətoʊm/ , /ˈhɛkətuːm/
  • (transitive) To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
 uhrata hekatombi
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