quarry
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkwɔri/
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presa
- The hunters tracked their quarry through the dense forest.
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.
- 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
A person who is being chased and may be caught or hurt
A person or thing being chased, often in a story
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.