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| bat·tue [ ba t ] (plural bat·tues) |
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1. driving of game in hunt: the beating of bushes, brush, and underbrush in order to drive game toward hunters
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2. hunt using battue: a hunt in which battue is used
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3. slaughter: a wholesale massacre or indiscriminate slaughter
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| [Early 19th century. < French, past participle of battre (see batter1)] |
