noyade
/nwɑːˈjɑːd/noun
- historical an execution carried out by drowning〈史〉溺刑。
词源
early 19th cent. (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'.