battue

Noun
  1. A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter (synset 100453758)
    is a type of: hunt, hunting - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  2. Indiscriminate slaughter (synset 100225127)
    "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"
    is a type of: butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter - the savage and excessive killing of many people
    same as: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed

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