| NOUN | act | battue | a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter |
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| act | battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed | indiscriminate slaughter |
| Meaning | A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter. | |
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| Broader | hunt, hunting | The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
| Spanish | batida | |
| Catalan | batuda | |
| Meaning | indiscriminate slaughter. | |
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| Example | "a huge prison battue was ordered" | |
| Synonyms | bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed | |
| Broader | slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery | The savage and excessive killing of many people |
| Spanish | baño de sangre, carnicería, derramamiento de sangre, masacre, matanza | |
| Catalan | massacre | |
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