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  • past tense form of hunt.
  • past participle of hunt.
Synonyms

hunted

British  
/ ˈhʌntɪd /

adjective

  1. harassed and worn

    he has a hunted look

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fifty years ago, the teenage Vance was sent to Vietnam and hunted down Viet Cong forces in the Mekong Delta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The evacuees whom AFP met in northern Ukraine on Saturday said that they had to eat grass to survive, and that some had hunted dogs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

But when being hunted through a postapocalyptic hellscape by killer robots, the value of your shares is unlikely to be top of mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Scientists suspect Vasuki may have hunted in a similar way, although its precise diet and hunting behavior cannot be determined from the surviving fossils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

I have climbed the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, and hunted bull elk in the primitive area of Idaho.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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