BUSHWHACK

ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait

(verb) wait in hiding to attack

bushwhack

(verb) cut oneโ€™s way through the woods or bush

bushwhack

(verb) live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bushwhack (third-person singular simple present bushwhacks, present participle bushwhacking, simple past and past participle bushwhacked)

to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country

to ambush

Source: Wiktionary



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