fra: hécatombe

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has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/fra/h%C3%A9catombe

Meaning
means	(noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people massacre, slaughter, butchery, carnage, mass murder
means	(noun) indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" bloodletting, battue, bloodshed, bloodbath
means	(noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" gore, bloodshed
means	(noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen hecatomb