battue

English Thesaurus

1. indiscriminate slaughter (noun.act)

hypernym	:	butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter,
definition	:	the savage and excessive killing of many people (noun.act)

2. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter (noun.act)

hypernym	:	hunt, hunting,
definition	:	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (noun.act)