bushwhacking Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
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verb live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
bushwhack.
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verb cut one's way through the woods or bush
bushwhack.
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adjective satellite lying in ambush
- bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush
WordNet
Bush"whack`ing noun
Definitions
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Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. U.S. T. Flint. -
The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. U.S.