Chase and Harpoon

Chase

Chase verb - To seek out (game) for food or sport.

Usage example: owls often chase mice in the dark

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Harpoon and chase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Harpoon" instead a verb "Chase".

Nearby Words: chaser, chased, chasing

Harpoon verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.

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Chase and harpoon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chase" instead a verb "Harpoon".

Nearby Words: harpooned, harpooning

long	long chase	long harpoon
single	single chase	single harpoon
simple	simple chase	simple harpoon
actual	actual chase	actual harpoon
Other adjectives: massive, final, literal, giant.

And a little after that, as the Reavers are giving chase, Jayne gets shot through the leg with a harpoon.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
During the Reaver chase scene in the opening, Jayne gets impaled through a leg by a barbed harpoon.

Source: Film / Serenity
Fedallah is killed on the second day of the three-day chase, and Ahab is killed on the last when the harpoon line wraps around his neck.

Source: Literature / Moby-Dick

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