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indiscriminate slaughter
ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
a huge prison battue was ordered
the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
How To Use battue In A Sentence
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- A head of the hunt in a battue may be a person who has passed an aptitude test in the State Forest Service and has received a head of the hunts certificate.
- More than a hunt, battue is a social activity where people enjoy the same passion and spend time together.
- In some clubs or associations it's forbidden to hunt antlered stag in battue.
- The battue, a hunt in which bushes are beaten to drive out the game (a method used by the Aborigines), proved to be much more successful.
- a huge prison battue was ordered
- Heavy investment was made in the nineteenth century in rearing thousands of pheasants for leisured slaughter in the battue.
- Researching the meaning of the word "battue" gives some indication of such a rifle's intended purpose, which is to rapidly acquire and shoot multiple animals in something approaching a stampede.
- But any improvement in relations was temporary, for further improvements in guns led to vast battues, in which 1,000 birds might be shot in one day.