bushwhacking
Americannoun
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the act or process of making one's way or cutting a path through bush or forested wilderness.
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the act or process of travelling through such terrain.
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the act of fighting as a guerrilla in such terrain.
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the action of a person or group that ambushes someone or defeats them in a way that takes them by surprise.
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the act or process of pulling a boat upstream from on board by grasping bushes, rocks, etc., on the shore.
Example Sentences
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Soon, though, he lost the trail and began bushwhacking downhill along a stream bed.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
After about 3½ hours scrambling over boulders, trudging up slopes covered in loose gravel and bushwhacking through dense brush, they reached a flat spot at 8,400 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Inaccessible by trails, Hyperion, a coast redwood, can be reached only by bushwhacking through heavy vegetation and crossing a river.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
By the end of an exhausting day that included bushwhacking through heavy brush, the fungi hunters had filled seven small plastic sacks with dirt from different locations.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 6, 2022
He spent long periods bushwhacking over tangled mountains or following the wrong path when the trail forked.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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