hecatomb
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(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen OR an extensive loss of life for some cause
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hecatombs
hecatomb
the exactly contemporary hecatombs on the Western front
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6 years, 11 months ago
a hecatomb of human effort sacrificed at the false altar of Murthy's ego
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7 years ago