as in to assault
to take sudden, violent action against
a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers
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Recent Examples of bushwhack
Eventually, after nearly two hours of bushwhacking, the Indigenous Guard comes to a series of verdant cliffs rising spectacularly out of the rainforest.
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NPR, 16 Nov. 2025
After about an hour of following bushwhacking guides and slipping over an elephant trail twisting through the undergrowth, trumpets and guttural grunts pierced through the silence.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
The trail requires a fair amount of bushwhacking, steep climbs, and snaking ambles through multi-hued canyons.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Deep in the night on August 4, 2018, a trio of timber cutters bushwhacked into a steep valley thick with brush, wearing headlamps and carrying a chainsaw, gas can, and a slew of felling tools.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2025
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NPR, 16 Nov. 2025
After about an hour of following bushwhacking guides and slipping over an elephant trail twisting through the undergrowth, trumpets and guttural grunts pierced through the silence.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
The trail requires a fair amount of bushwhacking, steep climbs, and snaking ambles through multi-hued canyons.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Deep in the night on August 4, 2018, a trio of timber cutters bushwhacked into a steep valley thick with brush, wearing headlamps and carrying a chainsaw, gas can, and a slew of felling tools.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushwhack
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Karzoun was assaulted near a shopping area on North Eagleville Road in the early morning hours after the large party was broken up at Carriage House by Connecticut State Police and the UConn Police Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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Allen is facing federal charges including assaulting a federal officer and using a firearm during a crime of violence, with additional charges possible.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Democrats have attacked these anti-fraud policies as an effort to undermine safety net programs for the impoverished.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The latest war erupted on March 2, when, after holding its fire since a 2024 truce, Hezbollah launched a surprise barrage of missiles into northern Israel in retaliation for the United States and Israel attacking Iran.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Miami Dolphins cleaned house this offseason, then raided the Packers’ to figure out their new direction.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Douglas Hiatt, a longtime Seattle marijuana defense attorney, recalled the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, when police regularly raided grow operations designed to support patients.—
Gene Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tragically, before Creasy even begins to conceive of what’s happening, he and his entire team are ambushed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hezbollah fighters ambush an Israeli patrol, killing three Israeli soldiers and taking two hostage in a cross-border raid, sparking a monthlong war between Hezbollah and Israel that ends in a draw.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The visit of King Charles, 77, with Queen Camilla, 78, comes only days after a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents Dinner that the president was attending.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who hails from Torrance, CA, allegedly tried to storm the annual event at the Washington Hilton in the nation’s capital while wielding guns.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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Investigators said the argument escalated into a physical fight when the female suspect began swinging and striking the victim in the chest and head and then pulling her hair.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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Missiles continue to fly over the exclusion zone on their way to strike Kyiv.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Bushwhack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhack. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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