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Bushwhack   /bˈʊʃwˌæk/   Listen
Bushwhack

verb
1.
Wait in hiding to attack.  Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay.
2.
Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
3.
Cut one's way through the woods or bush.



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"Bushwhack" Quotes from Famous Books



... w-won't get it. N-never heard of a hold-up gettin' up a petition for better street lights, did you? No, an' you n-never will. An' you never n-noticed a guy who was aimin' to bushwhack another from the brush go to clearin' off the sage first. He ain't l-lookin' for no open arguments on the m-merits of his shootin'. Not none. Same with that Cheyenne bird an' his stocky pal acrost the table. They're f-figurin' that ...
— The Fighting Edge • William MacLeod Raine



Words linked to "Bushwhack" :   live, make, lie in wait, wait, work



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