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Showing words for HECATOMB using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Hecatomb

hecatomb

7 Letter Words for Hecatomb

macbeth

6 Letter Words for Hecatomb

bamoth, bemoat, betcha, camote, chabot, choate, comate, combat, cometh, cotham, tombac

5 Letter Words for Hecatomb

abmho, abohm, abote, bache, bahoe, batch, bathe, beach, beath, bemat, boche, boehm, bohea, bohme, botch, cabot, cahot, cameo, cheat, chemo, chota, coate, cohab, comae, combe, comet, comte, cothe, habet, mache, macho, mahoe, match, mathe, meach, meath, metho, mocha, moche, obeah, tache, tacho, tambo, teach, theca, thema, tombe

4 Letter Words for Hecatomb

abet, ache, acme, acth, ahem, ambe, ambo, atmo, atoc, atom, bach, bact, baho, baht, bate, bath, beam, beat, bema, beta, beth, bhat, boat, boca, boce, boma, bota, bote, both, camb, came, camo, cate, cath, chab, cham, chao, chat, chem, chob, coat, coma, comb, come, cote, coth, each, eath, echo, echt, ecto, etch, haec, hame, hate, heat, home, hote, mabe, mace, mach, maco, mate, math, meat, mech, meta, meth, moat, moca, moch, moet, moha, mota, mote, moth, oath, oche, ocht, octa, tace, tach, taco, tame, tche, team, teca, tech, thae, thea, theb, them, thob, tobe, toch, toea, tomb, tome

3 Letter Words for Hecatomb

abc, abm, abo, abt, ace, ach, act, aho, amb, ame, amt, aob, ate, atm, bac, bae, bah, bam, bat, bch, bec, bet, boa, boc, boe, boh, bom, bot, cab, cam, cat, ceo, cha, che, chm, cho, cob, com, cot, cte, cto, eam, eat, ecb, ech, ecm, eco, ect, emo, eom, eta, etc, eth, hab, hae, ham, hao, hat, hcb, hem, heo, het, hmo, hoa, hob, hoc, hoe, hom, hot, mab, mac, mae, mao, mat, mba, mea, meh, met, mho, moa, mob, moc, moe, mot, oam, oat, oba, obe, oca, och, oct, ohm, omb, otc, tab, tam, tao, tch, tea, tec, tem, tha, thb, the, thm, tho, tmh, toa, tob, toc, toe, tom

Definitions for Hecatomb

[1] (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
[2] any great slaughter: the hecatombs of modern wars.
[3] (in ancient Greece or Rome) any great public sacrifice and feast, originally one in which 100 oxen were sacrificed
[4] a great sacrifice

Words related to Hecatomb

warfare, havoc, killing, slaughter, crime, butchery, bloodshed, homicide, murder, liquidation, rapine, blood, blitz, holocaust, extermination, annihilation, shambles, gore, manslaughter, wasting

Words nearby Hecatomb

hebrides, hebron, hecate, hecate strait, hecateromeric, hecatomb, hechsher, hecht, hecht's pneumonia, heck, heckelphone

Origin of Hecatomb

1585–95; < Latin hecatombē < Greek hekatómbē < *hekatombwā, equivalent to hékaton one hundred + *-bwā, taken to be a derivative of boûs ox (see cow1)

Word origin for Hecatomb

C16: from Latin hecatombē, from Greek hekatombē, from hekaton hundred + bous ox

Synonyms for Hecatomb

bloodshed, butchery, crime, havoc, killing, mass murder, slaughter, slaying, warfare, annihilation, blitz, blood, butchering, extermination, gore, holocaust, homicide, liquidation, manslaughter, murder, offing, rapine, shambles, wasting, blood and guts, blood bath, search and destroy, taking out