A mass execution by drowning, especially those carried out during the French Revolution at Nantes.
From French 'noyade' (drowning), from 'noyer' (to drown). Jean-Baptiste Carrier organized these mass drownings in the Loire in 1793-94. A dark word for a dark chapter.
One of history's darkest words — mass drownings during the French Revolution. I include it because words must also remember humanity's worst moments. Language preserves both beauty AND horror as warnings. 🕊ï¸ðŸ“œ
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