battue

/bæˈtu/
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Other forms: battues

Definitions of battue
  1. noun
    a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
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    type of:
    hunt, hunting
    the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  2. noun
    indiscriminate slaughter
    “a huge prison battue was ordered”
    synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
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    type of:
    butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
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