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Meanings of battue in English

Portuguese
banho de sangue
Catalan
massacre
Spanish
carnicería

Indiscriminate slaughter.

banho de sangue
Usage of battue in English
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In 1656 a general battue for priests took place all over Ireland.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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As for us, we do not confound a battue with a persecution.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
3
On page 321, the word battue is not a typographical error.
On the Heels of De Wet
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So he stepped back into the alley and waited until the battue was over.
Chateau and Country Life in France
5
Of the grand battue, and what the young Duke and Sidonia resolved on there.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
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As the battue promised chiefly deer and hares, the guns were loaded with balls.
The Companions of Jehu
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For the second battue I went with Comte de B.
Chateau and Country Life in France
8
I looked towards Seguin, thinking that he might interfere to prevent the barbarous battue.
The Scalp Hunters
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It was to have been a battue, he explained.
Chatterbox, 1906
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It was a horrible sight.... A battue of helpless things driven savagely out of shelter.
The Touchstone
11
The Spaniards had a regular battue there; killing deer, hares, and rabbits till they were tired.
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
12
On the day of the sixth of June, a battue of the sewers had been ordered.
Les Misérables
13
The dispatches call this battue a "battle." In what way was it a battle?
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
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During the first battue eight wild-boars were sighted.
Round About the Carpathians
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It would be a battle, not a battue.
The Wings of the Morning
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I shall fill the house for a battue!
Night and Morning, Volume 4
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Catalan
massacre
Battue through the time