Synonyms for hecatomb

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hek-uh-tohm, -toom

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛk əˌtoʊm, -ˌtum

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Définition of hecatomb

Origin : 1590s, from Greek hekatombe "offering of 100 oxen," but generally "a great public sacrifice," from hekaton "one hundred" (perhaps from hen, neuter of eis "one" + *katon "hundred") + bous "ox." The first month of the Attic calendar (corresponding to July-August) was Hekatombaion, in which sacrifices were made.

As in carnage : noun massacre
As in immolation : noun sacrifice

Example sentences :

He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god.
Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer

The hunter turns faint, sick, as he contemplates this hecatomb of corpses.
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

They would first make a hecatomb of their hated foes, and then fall upon it.
Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

Make a hecatomb of the present Hamleys all at once, while you are about it.
Extract from : « Wives and Daughters » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Pile up, high as heaven, your hecatomb of victims, offered to the God of love.
Extract from : « The Spanish Brothers » by Deborah Alcock

Yearly will Charless Bath claim its hecatomb; I know not why.
Extract from : « My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum » by Herman Charles Merivale

Consumption had swept a hecatomb of victims from the family.
Extract from : « The Eustace Diamonds » by Anthony Trollope

Before falling, I should make a hecatomb of my cowardly assassins.
Extract from : « The Bandolero » by Mayne Reid

I believe, in different climes, I have already sacrificed an hecatomb to my Nemesis, in pursuance of this vow.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Then Cinna, who not long before would have laughed at faith in Hecate, sacrificed a hecatomb to her.
Extract from : « Let us follow Him » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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