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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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
See all Example Sentences for bushwhack
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He was arrested in Savannah and is charged with felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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According to reports, Buckshot was assaulted last Thursday (Oct. 31), in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided by Israeli forces last month over allegations, denied by Palestinian officials, that militants were sheltering there.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hernández caused an eruption two pitches later, ambushing a 1-and-0 fastball for a two-run shot the other way.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Bjørn tries to get his family to safety without revealing the true danger to them, but they’re ambushed by the Dutch couple.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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On the other hand, the Lions have stormed through their opening games, with their physical style of play proving too much for opponents.Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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On January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to stop the certification of Biden's victory, triggering violence in the process, which led to one person being shot dead by police and the injuries of dozens of officers.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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That’s where Laddie Coburn struck an odd juxtaposition to the traffic jam on West Agate Avenue.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In 2014, tragedy struck when her second husband suddenly died after blood clots from an Achilles tendon rupture traveled to his heart and lungs.Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Bushwhack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhack. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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