noun of animal degollament , matança in large number hecatombe , extermini of persons mortaldat , carnisseria , estrall , carnatge the slaughter on the roads la mortaldat de les carreteres the Slaughter of the Innocents la degollació dels innocents like a lamb to the slaughter com un xai davant el sacrifici there was great slaughter hi va haver una hecatombe transitive verb animals matar , degollar sacrificar persons assassinar collectivament