quarry
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkwɔri/
- The hunters tracked their quarry through the dense forest.
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Watch on YouTubeThey were simply too slow to catch their quarry, so there was an obvious need for some means to fire a machine gun forward from a tractor aircraft.
- They were simply too slow to catch their quarry, so there was an obvious need for some means to fire a machine gun forward from a tractor aircraft.
Examples
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'Like hungry wolves, they looked down on their quarry below.
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You may still catch your quarry single-handed.
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Yet your quarry is still half alive.
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If your quarry goes to ground, leave no ground to go to.
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And did not rest until she had killed her quarry.
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There was no sign of our quarry.
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Either of these two methods of hunting would soon bring his quarry to bay, but time was pressing.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ahead of them, the hounds caught the scent of the quarry and broke into a run.
Fiction book (1993) -
I had been so intent on my quarry that I hadn't heard Sergeant Ortega enter the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eventually she spotted her quarry, who sat in the shade of an awning with his fellow silk merchants.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.5
A person chosen for attack or criticism
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1.9
An animal hunted and killed by another animal for food
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8.1
A person or thing being chased, often in a story
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6.6
A person who is being chased and may be caught or hurt
How Chased
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quarry meaning an animal or person who is hunted comes from an old French word for something 'taken' or 'captured', so a hunter's quarry is the creature they try to catch.