Another word for hecatomb | Synonyms for hecatomb

Another word for hecatomb

noun

One or more living creatures slain and offered to a deity as part of a religious rite:

immolation, offering, sacrifice, victim. See religion

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After the presentation of the peplus, the hecatomb was sacrificed.

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