battue

• Существительное, обозначающее вид охоты, где загонщики направляют дичь в сторону охотников, или, в более широком смысле, любое неизбирательное убийство или массовое истребление.

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

1. Driven huntC2formal

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

   Загонная охота

   • 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.

   Synonymsdrive

2. Massacre or slaughterC2formal

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

   Резня или бойня

   • 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.

   Synonymsbloodbathbutcherycarnagemassacrepogromslaughter