mitraillade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French mitraillade.
Noun
mitraillade (plural mitraillades)
- (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, vol. III:
- The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 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.
- 1817, John James M’Gregor, History of the French Revolution, vol. III:
Related terms
- mitraille
- mitrailleur
- mitrailleuse
French
Etymology
From mitraill(er) + -ade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tʁa.jad/, /mi.tʁɑ.jad/
Noun
mitraillade f (plural mitraillades)
- machine-gunning
Further reading
- “mitraillade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.