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PURSUAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
Example:
the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
Synonyms:
chase; following; pursual; pursuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pursual" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pursual"):
tracking; trailing (the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind)
shadowing; tailing (the act of following someone secretly)
