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View synonyms for hunted

hunted

/ 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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Three suspects are being hunted over Friday's early-morning blaze, which left one man with a minor burn to his hand and caused extensive damage.

From BBC

"Companies need to wake up and realise that their executives could be hunted down anywhere. I would not allow any of my clients to go into New York City right now."

From BBC

These tyrannosaurs would have been around a third of the size of their famous cousin Tyrannosaurus rex, and likely hunted small dinosaurs and other reptiles in their floodplain habitat.

But an official notice for the permits said the licences ensured "some predictability" for the industry, while limits to the number of whales that can be hunted had been set based on advice.

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This was not typical of canines in the area during that time, as they hunted land animals almost exclusively.

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