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hecatomb

[hek-uh-tohm, -toom] / ˈhɛk əˌtoʊm, -ˌtum /




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If I may say so, the great hecatomb of pigs you describe on farm has not taken place.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2021

But amid the ensuing hecatomb of the Tet Offensive four years later, LBJ announced he would not run for a second term.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2019

The French Revolution had resurrected the idea of democracy – and produced a hecatomb on a grand scale.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2018

The arrival of newlywed Criminologist Hatch and his bride in a sleepy Pennsylvania village precipitates a hecatomb.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Ephippus says— Cakes made of sesame and honey, sweetmeats, Cheese-cakes, and cream-cakes, and a hecatomb Of new-laid eggs, were all devour'd by us.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us




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