battue, n.
(battues)
(battues)
indiscriminate slaughter
<noun.act>
battue bloodbath bloodletting bloodshed
sample sentences
"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered""ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"
"the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"
"a huge prison battue was ordered"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
<noun.act>
battue
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