battue
1. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter • Hypernyms: hunt, hunting 2. indiscriminate slaughter - 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 • Syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed • Hypernyms: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
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