Words Like BATTUE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BATTUE.

4 Alternative Words Similar to battue

1 Bloodbath Noun      Synonym Words Like Bloodbath
2 Bloodletting Noun      Synonym Words Like Bloodletting
3 Bloodshed Noun      Synonym Words Like Bloodshed
4 Hunt Noun      Synonym Words Like Hunt

3 examples of battue

1 a huge prison battue was ordered
2 the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
3 ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name

10 definitions of battue

1 The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
2 The game itself.
3 The wanton slaughter of game.
4 indiscriminate slaughter
5 a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
6 The beating of woods and bushes to flush game.
7 A hunt in which this is done.
8 A method of hunting in which the game is driven from cover by beaters toward a point where the sportsmen are in wait.
9 Hence Any beat-up or thorough search, or undiscriminating slaughter, especially of defenseless or unresisting crowds.
10 The game driven from cover by the battue method.
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