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1. A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
   "he fell quarry to muggers";
   - prey, target, fair game
    
2. A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
   - pit, stone pit
    
3. Animal hunted or caught for food
   - prey

1. (quarrying) extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
   "quarry marble"

Derived forms: quarrying, quarries, quarried

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, excavation, exploit, fauna, tap, victim

Encyclopedia: Quarry, Oxford