bushwhack

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bushwhack

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From bush + whack.

verb bushwhacks · bushwhacking · bushwhacked

To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. For hours we bushwhack through a study section of Jatun Sacha in search of Minquartia, sliding down muddy draws.
To fight, as a guerrilla, especially in wooded country.
To ambush.

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verb to travel through thick wooded country

Deutsch	sich durchs Dickicht schlagen

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@misc{bushwhack_2026,
  title = {bushwhack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bushwhack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}