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bushwhack

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


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In northern Idaho, there’s a 7-mile gap where hikers have to bushwhack across Forest Service land and land managed by the Idaho Department of Lands.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

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

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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