to bushwhack

Examples

• All

• He's trying to bushwhack me.

  Fat Pizza (2003)

• Why'd you try to bushwhack me?

  Mackenna's Gold (1969)

• I already shot you once when you tried to bushwhack me.

  Wild Bill (1995)

• We're gonna bushwhack them real good.

  U-571 (2000)

• And when they showed up, we bushwhacked them.

  Live by Night (2016)

• They tried to bushwhack me, unfortunately for one of them.

  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

• You bushwhacked him, gunned him down and took his map.

  Mackenna's Gold (1969)

• It's bad enough when a deputy gets bushwhacked on some lonely trail, but here, in Fort Grant, broad daylight?

  Hang 'em High (1968)

• They bushwhacked me.

  House II: The Second Story (1987)

• Lepton, Klepton, and Neutrina were lying in wait, and they bushwhacked him.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

A

to ambush

vsto bushwhack

133 5.2

To attack a person or animal by hiding and surprising them

is the exact same sudden concealed attack meaning

S

to surprise

vsto bushwhack

111 4.5

To attack someone suddenly to catch them off guard

adds the idea of doing this from a concealed position

L

to lie in wait

vsto bushwhack

8 6.8

To hide and wait to attack someone by surprise

focuses on attacking suddenly from concealment rather than just waiting

W

to waylay

vsto bushwhack

2 8.6

To stop someone unexpectedly to speak to or attack them

often includes nonviolent approaches like stopping or talking rather than attacking

B

bushwhacking

vsto bushwhack

• US

1 9.9

An attack from hiding in thick bushes or a forest

means a sudden concealed attack without the guerrilla emphasis

A

to ambuscade

vsto bushwhack

9.9

To hide and then suddenly attack someone

conveys the same sudden hidden attack

Antonyms

D

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology