A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter.
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Indiscriminate slaughter. Synonyms:bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed."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"
... tire pour la battue, moi," John had fenced him off with a feeble joke and a feeble laugh. (Why should he feel ashamed? Was this not war, and he a prisoner ... — Fort Amity • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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