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hunt

noun (CHASE)
 
 
/hʌnt/

Definition

[C] the activity of people chasing wild animals in order to kill them: to go on a fox/deer huntHunting [C] in the UK, a group of people who meet regularly in order to chase and kill animals, especially foxes: They are members of the local hunt.Hunting
(Definition of hunt noun (CHASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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