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verb
To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To fight, as a guerrilla, especially in wooded country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To ambush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
wait in hiding to attack
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ambush, scupper, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
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Broader terms: wait
verb
cut one's way through the woods or bush
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: make, work
verb
live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: live
History
From bush + whack.
