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battue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed |
| Type of | slaughter, butchery, mass murder, massacre, carnage |
a huge prison battue was ordered.
Examples of battue
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Now with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attacking even on terre battue, I'm there.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It doesn't change the fact that special battue on the church exists, and causes many bad things.
From the economist.com
I didn't say that any report about children abuses is this battue.
From the economist.com
You are talking about covers up of abusers in the church, I'm talking about special battue against the Catholic Church.
From the economist.com
But even though Nadal has owned the terre battue in Paris since his first victory in 2005,he isn't the heavy favorite heading into Roland Garros this year.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
When Schiavone arrived to play on la terre battue of Roland Garros, she was not a face or a name that most there, and a fair number in Italy, would have recognised.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He has won four titles on his favourite surface, whereas Murray had never won more than two matches in a row on terre battue before reaching the semi-finals in Monte Carlos last month.
From the independent.co.uk
Nadal will tomorrow have a rematch with Sweden's Robin Soderling, the only man to have defeated him on the terre battue of south-west Paris, and the beaten finalist here for the last couple of years.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Having beaten none other than Federer on clay earlier this year, Isner could very well go deep in the draw at the French-and restore some much-needed American pride on the dreaded terre battue.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
- A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
- Bloodbath: 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"
- A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc; The game thus forced into the open; A hunt performed in this manner
- A hunting style common to the Mongols. The hunters formed a circle and drove the game into an inner ring where they were killed
- The organised beating or driving of game from cover, to be killed by hunters.
