Noyade n. A drowning of many persons at once, a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
... Lefevre is proved to have ordered and caused to be executed a noyade of men, women, and children, and to have committed ... — A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady
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