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Battue
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Fr. battre, to beat), the beating of game from cover under the sportsmen's fire; by analogy the word is used to describe any slaughter of defenceless crowds.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Battue'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/battue.html. 1910.