hunt down

traquer, pourchasser

Rechercher et poursuivre une personne ou un animal jusqu’à le capturer ou le tuer.

En anglais simple : To search for and follow a person or animal until you catch or kill them.

• The police hunted down the thief.
• Hunters tracked the wolf for days before hunting it down.
• They finally hunted down the prisoner who had escaped last month.

Comment l'utiliser : hunt someone/something down (The police hunted the escaped prisoner down.)

Synonymes : track down, capture

Expressions courantes : hunt down someone, hunt down an animal, hunt down the suspect

dénicher, retrouver

Trouver quelqu’un ou quelque chose après une recherche longue ou difficile.

En anglais simple : To find someone or something after a long or difficult search.

• I finally hunted down the book.
• She hunted down an old friend through an online group.
• Can you hunt down a spare part for this washing machine?

Comment l'utiliser : hunt someone/something down (I hunted the book down in a secondhand shop.)

Synonymes : track down, find, locate

Expressions courantes : hunt down something, hunt down a copy, hunt down an address

traquer et exterminer

Poursuivre des personnes avec violence pour les tuer ou anéantir leur groupe.

En anglais simple : To pursue people violently in order to kill them or destroy their group.

• The regime hunted down its opponents.
• Armed groups hunted down families who had fled the fighting.
• Survivors feared they would be hunted down and killed.

Comment l'utiliser : hunt someone down (The soldiers hunted them down after the village fell.)

Synonymes : persecute, exterminate

Expressions courantes : hunt down enemies, hunt down someone, hunt down survivors