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noyade

American  
[nwah-yahd, nwa-yad] / nwɑˈyɑd, nwaˈyad /

noun

  1. destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.

noyade British  
/ nwɑːˈjɑːd, nwajad /

noun

  1. French history execution by drowning, esp as practised during the Reign of Terror at Nantes from 1793 to 1794

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Etymology

Origin of noyade

1810–20; < French: drowning, equivalent to noy ( er ) to drown (< Latin necāre to kill) + -ade -ade 1

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What, Walter; haven’t you the grace to wait for me, after my having delivered you from such a noyade?

From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

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