mitraillade

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mitraillade.

Noun

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mitraillade (plural mitraillades)

  1. (rare, chiefly historical) Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
    • 1817, John James M’Gregor, History of the French Revolution, volume III:
      The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 487:
      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.
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French

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Etymology

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From mitraill(er) +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mi.tʁa.jad/ ~ /mi.tʁɑ.jad/

Noun

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mitraillade f (plural mitraillades)

  1. machine-gunning

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