as in assailants
one who violently sets upon another
bushwhackers have made that lonely stretch of road very dangerous
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Noun
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The assailants ambushed a police vehicle and killed one officer in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Perez and three others — one armed with a gun — went looking for Smokey’s assailants.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Perry opened the door to Figueroa's van, while the other two attackers opened the front and rear passenger side doors, prosecutors said.—
Shardaa Gray,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Ten years after a woman was raped by two men in Tamarac, DNA evidence has led to the arrest of one of her attackers, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Bushwhackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhackers. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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