bushwhack

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: bush=whack

CIDE DICTIONARY

bushwhack, v. t. 

 to lie in ambush for, lie in wait for.  [WordNet 1.5]

bushwhack, v. i. 

•  to live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  to cut one's way through the woods or bush.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bushwhack, v.
1 intr. US, Austral., & NZ a clear woods and bush country. b live or travel in bush country.
2 tr. US ambush.

THESAURUS

bushwhack

ambush, assail, assault, astonish, attack, blitz, catch off-guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, do the unexpected, drop in on, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, jump, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, light into, mug, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, pull up short, sail into, set on, set upon, spring a surprise, spring upon, strike, surprise, swoop down on, take by surprise, take short, take the offensive, take unawares, wade into