1
[ adjective ] followed with enmity as if to harm

Examples

: "running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes"

Related terms

pursue

2
[ noun ] a person who is being chased

Synonyms

chased

Examples

"the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

The chase in itself is a narrative ; it presumes both speed and urgency and it demands cutting - both from pursued to pursuer and from stage to stage of the journey of both .

Related terms

hunted_person

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