Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushwhacker
Noun
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Perez and three others — one armed with a gun — went looking for Smokey’s assailants.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026 -
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.—
Kevin Krause,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Women’s water polo San Diego State senior attacker Claudia Valdez was named the Golden Coast player of the week for getting her sixth hat trick of the season.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Langford initially survived the stabbing and identified her attacker before dying of cardiac arrest on the way to emergency surgery.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Bushwhacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhacker. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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