hecatomb

Example Sentences

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This, in a nutshell, is the catastrophic and unprecedented hecatomb that Brazil found itself locked in by mid-April 2021.

From Scientific American

Unbeknown to them, Mr. Renzi writes, the liberal leaders were sitting “in a hecatomb.”

From New York Times

To Jackie Kennedy’s mind, avoiding the hecatomb of humankind came down to the difference between big men and little men.

From The Guardian

Was it for liberty she offered up so many human hecatombs on the plains of Hindostan?

From Project Gutenberg

Others announce that a devoted body of patriots have sworn to sacrifice a 44 hecatomb of National Guards, to atone for an abomination which many believe to originate with them.

From Project Gutenberg