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
Other managers returned to their computers after being bushwhacked by news of their fate to find that there would be no goodbyes: The company had already locked them out of their systems.
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Seamus Webster, Fortune, 6 June 2024
Another route to the plane is bushwhacking from Duck Lake Trail.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
The wreckage is accessible via an unmaintained trail, so plan to bushwhack to the site.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Getting to climbing rocks required bushwhacking through dense brush, and some smaller rocks were hard to spot, hidden behind the plant life.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
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The criminal complaints for assaulting, disobeying and grave coercion against police authorities were filed against the vice president and her security staff and other aides before state prosecutors, a police statement said.Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Authorities say there was evidence of violence in the home, a possible indication that the mother had a miscarriage after being assaulted.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Raiders, much like the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday, attacked the Chiefs’ biggest weakness: the left tackle position, the lineman responsible for protecting Mahomes’ blind side.Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 30 Nov. 2024
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Insurgents attacked a military airbase southeast of Aleppo with drones early Friday, destroying a helicopter, the Anadolu Agency reported.SARAH EL DEEB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Demonstrators led by Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, raided the capital Tuesday, burning shipping containers.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
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Police officers who raided a couple's hotel room found 12 suitcases crammed with Lululemon goods, prosecutors have said.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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The suspect then ambushed Dawson, shooting him multiple times.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
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Gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 20 others.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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As Horowitz has argued, Ives is really an American counterpart to Mahler, who stormed toward the future while mourning the past.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The measures come nearly four years after former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results led a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Production was also held up due to last year’s SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.Michaela Zee, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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The two companies have struck a new multi-year content partnership that includes in-season streaming rights for Fox’s programming slate.Peter White, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Bushwhack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhack. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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