Battue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The beating of woods and bushes to flush game.
  • n. A hunt in which this is done.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc.
  • n. The game thus forced into the open.
  • n. A hunt performed in this manner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
  • n. The game itself.
  • n. The wanton slaughter of game.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A method of hunting in which the game is driven from cover by beaters toward a point where the sportsmen are in wait.
  • n. Hence Any beat-up or thorough search, or undiscriminating slaughter, especially of defenseless or unresisting crowds.
  • n. The game driven from cover by the battue method.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. indiscriminate slaughter
  • n. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    massacre    carnage    slaughter    mass murder    butchery    hunting    hunt   
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