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battue

/bæ'tu/

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noun
indiscriminate slaughter
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"a huge prison battue was ordered"

Similar:

bloodbath bloodletting bloodshed

type of:
slaughter butchery mass murder massacre carnage
noun
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
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type of:
hunting hunt

Examples of battue

"a huge prison battue was ordered"