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HECATOMB (Gr. EKarept from EKarbv, a See also:hundred, and t3ous, an ox) , originally the See also:sacrifice of a hundred oxen in the religious ceremonies of the Greeks and See also:Romans; later a large number of any See also:kind of animals devoted for sacrifice. Figuratively, "hecatomb" is used to describe the sacrifice or destruction by See also:fire, See also:tempest, disease or the See also:sword of any large number of persons or animals; and also of the wholesale destruction of inanimate See also:objects, and even of See also:mental and moral attributes.

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