battue

• Nom désignant une chasse où des rabatteurs poussent le gibier vers les chasseurs, et, par extension, toute tuerie indiscriminée ou massacre de masse.

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.

   Chasse à battue

   • 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.

   Synonymesdrive

2. Massacre or slaughterC2formal

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

   Massacre ou tuerie

   • 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.

   Synonymesbloodbathbutcherycarnagemassacrepogromslaughter