launch a hunt
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To formally or officially start a large-scale search.
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- Police have launched a nationwide hunt for the escaped prisoner.
- A massive hunt was launched to find the missing child.
- The authorities will launch a full-scale hunt if the suspect is not found by morning.
- After the robbery, detectives launched an immediate hunt for the thieves.
- The coast guard is launching a search and rescue hunt for the missing sailors.
- Interpol plans to launch an international hunt for the fugitive financier.
- A desperate hunt was launched by rescue teams for survivors in the wreckage.
- Historically, the government launched a controversial hunt for spies within its ranks.
- Following the data breach, the company launched a hunt for the source of the leak.
- Conservationists will launch a new hunt for the rare species in the Amazon rainforest.