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Bushwhack   /bˈʊʃwˌæk/   Listen
Bushwhack

verb
1.
Wait in hiding to attack.  Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay.
2.
Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
3.
Cut one's way through the woods or bush.



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"Bushwhack" Quotes from Famous Books



... the death. In one regiment not far from our battery a resolution was offered which did not meet the approbation of all concerned, and was finally passed in a form qualified thus, "Resolved, that in case our army is overwhelmed and broken up, we will bushwhack them; that is, some ...
— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore



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