noyade

noun

no·​yade

(ˈ)nwä¦yäd,

(ˈ)nwī¦äd

plural -s

: an execution by drowning : a mass drowning

Word History

Etymology

French, from noyer to drown, from Late Latin necare, from Latin, to kill, from nec-, nex violent death

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