bushwhack
/ˈbʊʃˌwæk/
verb
- To travel through dense woods or underbrush, cutting or pushing aside vegetation.
- The explorers spent hours bushwhacking across the jungle floor.
- We had to bushwhack through thick thorns to reach the hidden waterfall.
- Instead of following the trail, the hikers decided to bushwhack straight up the ridge.
- To attack someone from a hidden position; to ambush.
- The movie shows outlaws who bushwhack a stagecoach for its gold.
- The bandits would bushwhack travelers on the lonely mountain road.
- During the war, soldiers learned to bushwhack enemy patrols in the forest.