Hunt and Sight

Hunt

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

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Sight and hunt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sight" instead a verb "Hunt".

Nearby Words: hunted, hunting, hunter, huntsman

Sight verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Hunt and sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hunt" instead a verb "Sight".

Nearby Words: sigh, sighted, sightly, sighting, sightless

people	hunt people	sight people
time	hunt time	sight time

In Red Hot Riding Hood, the Wolf, while trying to hunt down Red, instead encounters her Granny, who becomes his Abhorrent Admirer at first sight and chases the Wolf through her building.

Source: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Furthermore, they hunt for food by sensing tiny electrical currents generated by their prey, unlike the vast majority of predators that hunt by sight, sound, or smell.

Source: Genre-Busting
The Men in Black: The SDC is basically this, though they hunt aliens in plain sight and manipulate people rather than erasing their memories.

Source: Western Animation / My Giant Friend

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