hecatomb
Kelime Anlamı :

1. katliam.
2. toplu katliam.
3. (isim) yüz hayvan kurban etme adeti, toplu katliam, katliam.
4. büyük çapta kan dökümü.
5. eski zamanlarda yüz öküzden ibaret kurban.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
slaughter
Tanımlar :
1. A large-scale sacrifice or slaughter.
2. A sacrifice to the ancient greek and roman gods consisting originally of 100 oxen or cattle.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. in ancient greece or rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
2. any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in classical antiquity, a sacrifice of a hundred oxen or other beasts of one kind; hence, any great sacrifice of victims; any great slaughter of persons or animals.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a great sacrifice; an ancient greek or roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.