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bushwhack

[boosh-hwak, -wak] / ˈbʊʃˌʰwæk, -ˌwæk /
VERB
ambush
Synonyms


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Given Hyperion’s off-trail location, hikers must walk through heavy vegetation and bushwhack in order to reach it, the statement says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2022

You are going to have to find — no, bushwhack — your own path.

From Washington Post Oct. 23, 2020

This is Matt Blain, who made enough money working at Google that he could quit and do what he really wanted to do: bushwhack and mountain bike.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2019

The land is publicly accessible but typically trod only by occasional fishers and hunters, history buffs, nature photographers or others inspired to bushwhack across the broken landscape.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2017

I stand with the help of the armrest, then bushwhack through an impossible thicket of Jude’s blond hair to a bathroom, where I splash cold water on my face.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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