Definition of "hunt down" [hunt down]

• To hunt something and capture or kill it. (verb)
• To find with difficulty. (verb)

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• "As a surprise castle-warming gift to Rydstrom, Sabine had used a good deal of her own personal jewelry to pay Cadeons mercenaries to hunt down the Enemy of Old."
• "The opposing general whom he would face, Crassus, had worked wonders with his legions but he had not yet turned them into force that could hunt down and destroy Spartacuss army."
• "As for the huckle-berry murders, we might be able to hunt down Craig Wilson to identify the guys who killed his friends and shot him."