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quarried

adjective

Meaning

  1. Provided with quarry or prey.
  2. To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
  3. To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
  4. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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