hecatomb

  1. Noun.  (historical) In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
  2. Noun.  Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.

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