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NOYADES
Noun
noyades
plural of noyade
Source: Wiktionary
NOYADE
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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