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Definitions:
Noun
battue
Definition: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
bloodbath
bloodletting
bloodshed
battue
Definition: 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"
Definition: A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.