Wiktionary
vb. 1 To hunt something and capture or kill it. 2 To find with difficulty.
WordNet
v. pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: hunt, run, track down]
Usage examples of "hunt down".
He could bring the two-legs with their hard skins if he wanted, but Young Bull, and Smoke, and Two Deer, and Winter Dawn, and all the rest of the pack would hunt down the Twisted Ones who had dared come into their land.
I don't know if the Hunters will ever find the Horn, but they will hunt down ten thousand lies along the way.
Maybe hed hoped someone in Trench Park enjoyed tormenting animals, so he could hunt down the miscreant.
Maybe he'd hoped someone in Trench Park enjoyed tormenting animals, so he could hunt down the miscreant.
There was no doubt in his mind that, were the Russians to suspect the existence of the Apache camp, they would make every attempt to hunt down and kill or capture the survivors from the American ship.
For well over two years, Beldaran did everything in his power to hunt down what became known as the Black Marauder's band, but they were never found, not a trace.
If everyone's in agreement, I'll give Doron the go-ahead to commence operations, while we concentrate on a massive global manhunt to hunt down these suicide teams.