Main entry: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
Definition: indiscriminate slaughter
Usage: a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered; ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name; the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder; a huge prison battue was ordered
Main entry: battue
Definition: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter