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Definition of bushwhack verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bushwhack

verb
 
/ˈbʊʃwæk/
 
/ˈbʊʃwæk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bushwhack
 
/ˈbʊʃwæk/
 
/ˈbʊʃwæk/
he / she / it bushwhacks
 
/ˈbʊʃwæks/
 
/ˈbʊʃwæks/
past simple bushwhacked
 
/ˈbʊʃwækt/
 
/ˈbʊʃwækt/
past participle bushwhacked
 
/ˈbʊʃwækt/
 
/ˈbʊʃwækt/
-ing form bushwhacking
 
/ˈbʊʃwækɪŋ/
 
/ˈbʊʃwækɪŋ/
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  1. (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) [intransitive] to live or travel in wild countryTopics Holidaysc2
  2. (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to cut your way through bushes, plants, etc. in wild country
    • We had to bushwhack through undergrowth.
  3. (North American English) [transitive] bushwhack somebody to attack somebody very suddenly from a hidden position synonym ambush
  4. (North American English) [intransitive] to fight as a guerrilla
See bushwhack in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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