Definitions from Wiktionary (hecatomb)

▸ noun:  (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun:  (by extension, religion, historical) A great public sacrifice in other religions; also, a great number of animals or people reserved for such a sacrifice.
▸ noun:  (figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
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