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battue

DEFINITIONS OF: battue

1

n a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

Type of:
hunt, hunting
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

n indiscriminate slaughter

“a huge prison battue was ordered”
Synonyms:
bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
Type of:
butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
the savage and excessive killing of many people
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