hecatomb
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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
The brave man is the pitiful man; and while he may consider a hecatomb necessary for a cause, he regards one life sacrificed unnecessarily, as murder.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry
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