Thesaurus / hecatomb
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synonyms for hecatomb
- atonement
- deduction
- discount
- libation
- oblation
- offering
- penance
- reduction
- reparation
- victim
- sacrificial lamb
antonyms for hecatomb
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How to use hecatomb in a sentence
Thus it seemed the practice of making a hecatomb of dogs and cats on these sad occasions.
NOTES AND QUERIES FOR WORCESTERSHIREJOHN NOAKEThen Cinna, who not long before would have laughed at faith in Hecate, sacrificed a hecatomb to her.
LET US FOLLOW HIMHENRYK SIENKIEWICZOr it may be, the last entertainment is that hecatomb they call a wedding breakfast, which celebrates the triumph of a rival.
ENDYMIONBENJAMIN DISRAELIAbove all the anguish and tears of that immense hecatomb will appear the shade of Lincoln as the symbol of hope and of pardon.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLUME 2 (OF 2)WILLIAM H. HERNDONYearly will Charless Bath claim its hecatomb; I know not why.
MY EXPERIENCES IN A LUNATIC ASYLUMHERMAN CHARLES MERIVALEWe have already noted the fable that his enthusiasm over this discovery led him to sacrifice a hecatomb.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 1(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMSWithout it, France, like Carthage, would have bled to death on the hecatomb of her own lust.
ANCIENT AND MODERN CELEBRATED FREETHINKERSCHARLES BRADLAUGH, A. COLLINS, AND J. WATTSThen they immediately placed in order the splendid hecatomb for the god around the well-built altar.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER (1873)HOMERHow will the quaking lips which throughout the length and breadth of this vast hecatomb now cry, "Sauve qui peut!"
THE BRONZE EAGLEEMMUSKA ORCZY, BARONESS ORCZYEndymion to heaven's airy dome Was offering up a hecatomb of vows, When these words reach'd him.
ENDYMIONJOHN KEATSWORDS RELATED TO HECATOMB
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