Sekirov Dictionary

noyade

UK /nwaˈjaːd/US /nwɑˈjɑd/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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(historical) A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
- 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. — 1837

verb1

(no longer used, historical) To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror.

forms

noyaded · noyading · noyades

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