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noyade

noun
no·​yade | \ (ˈ)nwä¦yäd, (ˈ)nwī¦äd\
plural -s

Definition of noyade

: an execution by drowning : a mass drowning

History and Etymology for noyade

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

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