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hecatomb::noun | Spocien Dictionary

hecatomb

/'hɛkə,toʊm/

a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen

Type	Words
Type of	ritual killing, sacrifice

hecatomb

He had promised Aphrodite a hecatomb, a sacrifice of 100 oxen, if he won Helen, but forgot about it and earned her wrath.

From the en.wikipedia.org

For Luxemburg, the hecatomb of the European war was partly a projection of the brutality of empire back into its metropolis.

From the theatlantic.com