Meaning Of The Word Noyade

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noyade in American English
a mass execution of persons by drowning, as practiced at Nantes, France, during the Reign of Terror (1794)
noun: destruction or execution by drowning, esp. as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror

noyade in British English
noun: execution by drowning, esp as practised during the Reign of Terror at Nantes from 1793 to 1794

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