Battue used in a sentence

a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

indiscriminate slaughter; "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"

See also: bloodbath bloodletting bloodshed