pursued

Examples

• All

• Their army routed, Marwan himself flees the battle, but is pursued and killed.

• After a few hours of Roman resistance, the eunuch soldiers broke and ran, pursued and hunted all the way to Alexandria.

• I was dug into some snow being pursued by dogs on a survival program for Netflix.

• He is sure that they are now going to be pursued by the Holy Brotherhood.

• Why haven't they been pursued when they're in the statute?

• The criminal was pursued by the police through the streets at high speed.

• She felt a chill as she realized she was being pursued by someone in the dark alley.

Synonyms

P

to pursue

vspursued

∞ 3.5

To try to get something you want, like a job or a goal

is specifically about being followed with hostile or harmful intent

S

to stalk

vspursued

• Offensive

195 7.4

To follow someone secretly to frighten them or to keep appearing in a person's thoughts

is open following that shows hostile or harmful intent

H

to hound

vspursued

58 6.1

To follow and bother someone without stopping

is similar but may be less relentlessly aggressive

G

to give chase

vspursued

11 4.1

Start running after someone or something to catch them

is ongoing hostile following rather than just the act of starting pursuit

I

in hot pursuit

vspursued

5 5.3

Chasing someone quickly right after they run away

is less about sudden urgency and more about hostile following

H

to hunt

vspursued

4 4.5

To force someone or something out of a place by chasing them

is mainly about following rather than forcing someone out

C

to chase after

vspursued

4 1.9

To run after someone or something to catch them

is more about harmful or hostile motivation behind the following

Antonyms

I

ignored

1.6

People do not pay attention to a person or thing

How Aggressive

to hound

58 6.1

pursued

3.9

to follow

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology