BUSHWHACK

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

(verb) wait in hiding to attack

bushwhack

(verb) cut one’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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There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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