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bushwhacker

noun

Definition of bushwhacker

as in assailant

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

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Recent Examples of bushwhacker Chiles was an infamous bushwhacker who was reportedly connected to several murders. — Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026

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An ensuing investigation connected the five suspects to a March assault in Sunnyvale, and linked the group to three more assailants, two men and a 16-year-old boy, police said.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The assailant, David Wayne DePape, was subsequently prosecuted and sentenced to life in prison.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Johan Manzambi Exciting attacker Johan Manzambi has played a starring role for a Switzerland side that reached the quarter-final stage for the first time since 1954, before being eliminated by Argentina.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026

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