Hunt and Lead

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

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Lead is an antonym for hunt in chase for killing topic.

Nearby Words: hunted, hunting, hunter, huntsman

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Hunt is an antonym for lead.

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

good	good hunt	good lead
female	female hunt	female lead
common	common hunt	common lead
current	current hunt	current lead
Other adjectives: original, simple, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, occasional, previous.

people	hunt people	lead people
group	hunt group	lead group
family	hunt family	lead family
someone	hunt someone	lead someone
Other words: humans, enemies, members, targets.

One such demon convinces Buffy's own mother to lead a witch hunt that almost gets Buffy, Willow and their friend Amy burned at the stake.

Source: Witch Hunt
The use of the snipe hunt itself tends to lead people to believe that the snipe is a fictional creature, rather than an actual bird.

Source: Snipe Hunt
This lead to many games becoming several hour long sessions of "hunt the last Webway Gate".

Source: Game Breaker / Dawn of War

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