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单词 noyade
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noyade

/nwɑːˈjɑːd /
noun historical
An execution carried out by drowning.Perhaps 1,800 perished altogether in the noyades, and their bodies were washed up on the tidal banks of the Loire for weeks afterwards....
  • Although absent from the novel's descriptive chain of images, the noyade makes itself known to the reader by scattered traces throughout the text.

Origin

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'.

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