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Word: Noyade
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century (referring especially to a mass execution by drowning, carried out in France in 1794): from French, literally ‘drowning’, from the verb noyer, from Latin necare ‘kill without use of a weapon’, later ‘drown’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
nwɑːˈjɑːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an execution carried out by drowning.
Short Definition:execution carried out by drowning
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