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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: hecatomb (0.00967 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hecatomb
hecatomb
n : a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of
100 oxen
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hecatomb
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.
[1913 Webster]
Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. --Addison.
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More than a human hecatomb. --Byron.
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