hecatombe

[US]//ˈhekətuːm//
[UK]//ˈhekətuːm//

Translation

v.To sacrifice in great numbers
n.A great slaughter or sacrifice; originally, a sacrifice of a hundred oxen; Any great massacre or destruction of life

Phrases & Collocations

the hecatombe

a hecatombe

hecatombe of

after the hecatombe

another hecatombe

hecatombe during

hecatombe in

suffered a hecatombe

the great hecatombe

hecatombe victims

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