Etymology

mitraillade

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Today it means: Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution. Full definition →

French mitraillade
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  1. French · borrowed frommitraillade
  2. English todaymitraillade

Borrowed from French mitraillade.

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