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hunted

adjective as in pursued

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"For me, the most terrifying part," he said, "was hearing how people were hunted while running for their lives; attacked simply for being black."

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Beavers in the UK were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century, mainly for their furs.

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The men had hunted all manner of beasts, but they’d never come across this…this…well, they didn’t know what this thing was.

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When a pregnant female wolf retired to a den, the rest of the pack hunted and provided for her.

Australian girls are being hunted by online crime networks and coerced into acts of violence - against themselves, their siblings or pets - in a "twisted type of gamification", police have warned.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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