battue
/bæˈtuː/
noun
- A hunt in which animals are driven toward hunters who are waiting.
- During the battue, beaters drove the pheasants toward the shooters.
- The nobles organized a battue in the forest to hunt deer.
- The hunters gathered early for the morning battue.
- A mass slaughter or ruthless destruction of people or things.
- Critics called the new policy a battue against small businesses.
- The invading army conducted a battue of the village, sparing no one.
- The storm caused a battue of the coastal bird population.