bushwhack
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bushwhack/ˈbʊʃwak/
▶verb
- 1 (often as noun bushwhacking) N. Amer. & Austral./NZ live or travel in the bush.
■ work clearing scrub and felling trees.
- 2 N. Amer. engage in guerrilla warfare.
■ ambush (someone).
– derivatives
bushwhacker noun.
bushwhacker noun.
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