Hecatomb [hek'a-toam]
noun
A large sacrifice or slaughter; the killing of one hundred animals or people.
Hecatomb, like decimate (deci - ten), is a word for killing involving the number to be killed, but has now come to mean a more general slaughter of many people.
From Greek hekatombe, from hekaton 'one hundred' and bous 'ox'
Right now, at 7am, I would honestly offer a hecatomb or two for my coffee to be ready sooner rather than later!
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