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noyade

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no⋅yade

[nwah-yahd; Fr. nwa-yad]
–noun
destruction or execution by drowning, esp. as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.

Origin:
1810–20; < F: drowning, equiv. to noy(er) to drown (< L necāre to kill) + -ade -ade 1
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