Quarry
Quarry noun - An animal that is hunted or killed.
Usage example: a hunter relentlessly tracking his quarry
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Synonyms for Quarry
Victim is a synonym for quarry in prey topic. In some cases you can use "Victim" instead a noun "Quarry", when it comes to topics like chase, goal. popular alternative
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- Don't try to fake being a victim of his target; the Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist knows his quarry, and can often tell right off "That's not his style." Likewise, he can often figure out pretty quickly if an innocent target is being framed by his archnemesis.
Source: Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist -
The weapons aren't the only dangerous things one encounters while hunting, of course: variations of this trope are seen in which the victim is killed by a riding "accident" or their supposed quarry or something else.
Source: Hunting "Accident"
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