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sparagmos
[ spuh-rag-muhs ]
noun
- the tearing to pieces of a live victim, as a bull or a calf, by a band of bacchantes in a Dionysian orgy.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sparagmos1
From the Greek word ²õ±è²¹°ù²¹²µ³¾Ã³²õ literally, tearing
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Example Sentences
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The miscreants who enact the sparagmos of the heroine by tearing her into a hundred pieces are also female.
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