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mitraillade

mitraillade noun: mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.

Noun

mitraillade (plural mitraillades)

  1. (historical, rare) Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
    • The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness.1817, John James M’Gregor, History of the French Revolution, volume III
    • when Collot d'Herbois and Fouché replaced him, a veritable frenzy of repression occurred, with opponents being gunned down into open graves in the so-called mitraillades.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 487

Forms of mitraillade

pluralmitraillades

Origin of mitraillade

Borrowed from French mitraillade.

Questions about mitraillade

What does mitraillade mean?
Mitraillade means mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
What part of speech is mitraillade?
Mitraillade is a noun.
What is the plural of mitraillade?
The plural of mitraillade is mitraillades.

Words near mitraillade in the dictionary

  1. mitqals
  2. mitra
  3. mitraciliatine
  4. mitragynaline
  5. mitragynine
  6. mitraillade
  7. mitraillades
  8. mitraille
  9. mitrailleur
  10. mitrailleurs
  11. mitrailleuse

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