Synonyms for hunting
ˈhʌn tɪŋhunt·ing

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1. hunting

   A hunt may be either the act of pursuing or the act of seeking, or a combination of the two. A chase or pursuit is after that which is fleeing or departing; a search is for that which is hidden; a hunt may be for that which is either hidden or fleeing; a search is a minute and careful seeking, and is especially applied to a locality; we make a search of or through a house, for an object, in which connection it would be colloquial to say a hunt. Hunt never quite loses its association with field-sports, where it includes both search and chase; the search till the game is hunted out, and the chase till it is hunted down. Figuratively, we speak of literary pursuits, or of the pursuit of knowledge; a search for reasons; the chase of fame or honor; hunt, in figurative use, inclines to the unfavorable sense of inquisition, but with more of dash and aggressiveness; as, a hunt for heresy.

   Synonyms:
   chase, hunt, inquisition, pursuit, search

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1. hunt, huntingnoun

   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

   Synonyms:
   search, hunt, hunt club

2. search, hunt, huntingnoun

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

   Synonyms:
   hunt, search, hunt club, lookup

3. hunt, huntingnoun

   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

   Synonyms:
   search, hunt, hunt club

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1. • Activity
   • Blood Sport
   • Labor
   • Outdoor Sport

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1. huntingnoun

   Synonyms:
   chase, HUNT

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1. huntingnoun

   Synonyms:
   chase, hunt, field-sport

   Associated words:
   quarry, game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks

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1. List of paraphrases for "hunting":

   hunt, fighter, chasse, caza, game, hunts, whaling, harvest, sealing, hunters, chasing, chase, fishing, hunter, lov, harvesting, pursuit

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1. Ian Bartoszek:

   [ It's ] is another important piece of evidence for the negative impact invasive Burmese pythons are having on native wildlife across the Greater Everglades Ecosystem imagine the potential consequences to the state and federally protected Southwest Florida panther if Burmese pythons adversely affect the number of white-tailed deer. Officials safely captured and relocated the snake, which painfully regurgitated the dead fawn in the grass. Shortly after, the python was humanely euthanized. Wildlife biologists then performed an autopsy on the snake and collected genetic samples. Biologists are accumulating valuable life history information on the behavior of Burmese pythons in Southwest Florida, the conservancy wrote. This information is leading to the development of an effective python removal technique that combines both hunting and radio-telemetry tracking efforts to target and remove breeding female pythons and disrupt the egg-laying cycle. A 2015 photo, which was just released this week, shows a Burmese python regurgitating a 35-pound white-tailed deer. ( Conservancy of Southwest Florida) The Florida Wildlife Commission has been asking for the public's help to remove the snakes, encouraging them toremove and kill pythons from private lands whenever possible. The South Florida Water Management District even created a python elimination program in 2017 to protect the Everglades and eliminate the snakes from public lands. Approximately158 pythons were eliminated during the program in roughly two months. Wildlife officials would like to find a more effective way to eliminate the creatures, and they believe research is key. Southwest Florida wildlife officials share a 2015 photo of an 11-foot Burmese python and the body of a white-tailed deer, the snake's prey. ( Conservancy of Southwest Florida).

2. Murtala Maxwell:

   I can no longer go hunting because I might run into them in the forest and get killed, so we have to resort to farming.

3. Ryan Zinke:

   The last thing I want to see is hunting to become an elite sport, rather than a tradition passed on from generation to generation.

4. John Walsh:

   I've been hunting bad guys for over three decades and I'm always glad and greatly relieved to share the news that their reign of terror is over.

5. John Windau:

   In North American, most wildlife conservation is paid for by people who buy fishing and hunting licenses and trapping permits.