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flush

/ˈflʌʃ/
noun

  1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.

verb

  1. To cause to take flight from concealment.

    "The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake."

  2. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

    "A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth."

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