battue

A noun referring to a type of hunt where beaters drive game towards the hunters, or by extension, any indiscriminate slaughter or mass killing.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Treibjagd bezeichnet, bei der Treiber das Wild zu den Jägern treiben, oder im weiteren Sinne jedes unterschiedslose Töten bzw. jede Massenvernichtung.

1. Driven hunt C2 formal

   A type of hunting where beaters drive game animals towards stationary hunters.

   • The estate organized a battue for the visiting dignitaries.
   • In a traditional battue, beaters use noise to flush out the animals.
   • The hunters took their positions for the morning battue.

   🇩🇪Treibjagd

   Synonyme: drive

2. Massacre or slaughter C2 formal

   Indiscriminate killing or destruction of a large number of people or animals.

   • The battle turned into a terrible battue of the retreating soldiers.
   • Historians describe the event as a battue of innocent civilians.
   • The film depicts the battue of the village by invading forces.

   🇩🇪Massaker oder Blutbad

   Synonyme: bloodbathbutcherycarnagemassacrepogromslaughter

• battues plural form
• battues' possessive plural form
• battue's possessive singular form