hécatombe

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الفرنسية - التركية
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الفرنسية - الإنجليزية
{n} hecatomb
Hence loosely, any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things; a large amount
In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen
{n} a sacrifice of an hundred oxen
A religious sacrifice of 100 animals, or any mass slaughter
a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
{i} public sacrifice and banquet in ancient Rome or Greece that involved the mass killing of 100 cattle or oxen; large sacrifice
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims