Mitraillade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mitraillade is a noun meaning (rare, chiefly historical) Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
Meaning
(rare, chiefly historical) Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
Example Sentences
The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness.
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.
Word Forms
- mitraillades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guillotinement, massacre, massacring, massacree, fusillade, guillotine.
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