Meaning of mitraillade | Babel Free

Definitions

Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.

historical, rare

Examples

“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.”

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