What is the meaning of bushwhacking?

Wait in hiding to attack.
- synonyms: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
- synonyms: bushwhack
Cut one's way through the woods or bush.
- synonyms: bushwhack

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