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bushwhack definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
2: live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
3: cut one's way through the woods or bush

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: back-formation from bushwhacker Date: 1866 transitive verb ambush; broadly to attack suddenly ; assault intransitive verb to clear a path through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches • bushwhacker noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. US, Austral., & NZ a clear woods and bush country. b live or travel in bush country. 2 tr. US ambush.

Moby Thesaurus

ambush, assail, assault, astonish, attack, blitz, catch off-guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, do the unexpected, drop in on, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, jump, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, light into, mug, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, pull up short, sail into, set on, set upon, spring a surprise, spring upon, strike, surprise, swoop down on, take by surprise, take short, take the offensive, take unawares, wade into