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noyade

/nwaˈjaːd/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Related words

drowning(English)mitraillade(English)republican marriage(English)murder-hole(English)dead-naming(English)garrotting(English)suffocation(English)dry guillotine(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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