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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter;

2. indiscriminate slaughter;
- Example: "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"
- Example: "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"
- Example: "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"
- Example: "a huge prison battue was ordered"
[syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Battue \Bat"tue`\, n. [F. battue, fr. battre to beat. See
   Batter, v. t., and cf. Battuta.] (Hunting)
   (a) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
   (b) The game itself.
   (c) The wanton slaughter of game. --Howitt.
       [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

battue
    n 1: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the
         direction of the hunter
    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,
       battue]