Noyade

//nwaˈjaːd// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror. historical

    "By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage."

Verb
  1. 1
    To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror. historical, nonce-word, obsolete

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drown

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"By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage."

Etymology

From French noyade.

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