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Meaning of mitraillade | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

historical, rare

Equivalents

Français mitraillade

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

mitraille mitrailleur mitrailleuse Mitral mitral annulus mitral cell

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