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bushwhack
| bushwhacker
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| bushy aster
| bushytail woodrat
bushwhack
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bushwhack has 3 senses
- bushwhack(v = verb.competition) ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay - wait in hiding to attack; Array is one way to wait
- bushwhack(v = verb.stative) Array - live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla; Array is one way to live
- bushwhack(v = verb.motion) Array - cut one's way through the woods or bush; Array is one way to make, work
Derived form noun bushwhacker2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun bushwhacker2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
bushwhack, v. t.
to lie in ambush for, lie in wait for. [WordNet 1.5]
bushwhack, v. i.
- to live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. [WordNet 1.5]
- to cut one's way through the woods or bush. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bushwhack, v.
1 intr. US, Austral., & NZ a clear woods and bush country. b live or travel in bush country.
2 tr. US ambush.
1 intr. US, Austral., & NZ a clear woods and bush country. b live or travel in bush country.
2 tr. US ambush.
THESAURUS
bushwhack
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
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