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
  • That assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper, after firing several shots and hitting three members of the audience, and killing one.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Koehler also didn’t match the description of the assailant, Shear said.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reducing your digital footprint limits the amount of information that phishing attackers can use to make fake emails look convincing.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Yamal is an impact attacker at just 18 years old, and Pedri is a top midfielder at 22.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Bushwhacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhacker. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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