hunt down

追い詰めて捕らえる、追い詰めて殺す

人や動物を捜して追い続け、捕らえたり殺したりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hunt someone/something down (The police hunted the escaped prisoner down.)

類義語： track down, capture

よく使う表現： hunt down someone, hunt down an animal, hunt down the suspect

探し出す、見つけ出す

長い間、または苦労して捜した末に、人や物を見つけ出すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： hunt someone/something down (I hunted the book down in a secondhand shop.)

類義語： track down, find, locate

よく使う表現： hunt down something, hunt down a copy, hunt down an address

追い詰めて殺す、迫害して滅ぼす

人々を殺したり、その集団を滅ぼしたりするために暴力的に追い詰めること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hunt someone down (The soldiers hunted them down after the village fell.)

類義語： persecute, exterminate

よく使う表現： hunt down enemies, hunt down someone, hunt down survivors