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NOYADE
Etymology
Noun
noyade (plural noyades)
(chiefly historical) A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
Verb
noyade (third-person singular simple present noyades, present participle noyading, simple past and past participle noyaded)
(chiefly historical) To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror.
Anagrams
• day one, one day, one-day
Source: Wiktionary
No`yade", n. [F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.]
Definition: A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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