noun (n)

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

  source: wordnet30
• indiscriminate slaughter(noun.act)

  Example:
  A huge prison battue was ordered.
  

  Synonym:
  bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.(noun)

  source: webster1913