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KK Pronunciation

〔 bæ`tu, bæ`tju 〕

Pronunciation

〔 bæˋtu: 〕


Overview of noun battue

The noun battue has 2 senses


  • battue -- (a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter)

  • bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue -- (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")