bushwhacker

as in assailant
one who violently sets upon another bushwhackers have made that lonely stretch of road very dangerous

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Noun
  • Her case has not been solved, though a tape unearthed in 2004 provided some possible assailants, and nothing involving Gein, who was cleared of any connection later in 1957.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Two people were killed and three were seriously injured when an assailant rammed a car into people at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue and then attacked people with a knife.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Utah Mammoth The Mammoth were the only team to go the entire 2025-26 campaign without scoring a goal with their goalie pulled for an extra attacker, the first team since 2013-14 to do that in an 82-game season.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Many threats are designed to stay hidden, running quietly in the background while collecting data or opening a backdoor for attackers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Bushwhacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhacker. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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