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"An execution carried out by drowning", 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'.[noyade etymology, noyade origin, 英语词源]