as in assailants
one who violently sets upon another
bushwhackers have made that lonely stretch of road very dangerous
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In a further interview that night, the victim named Fuller, Brown and Mumphrey as the assailants.
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This did not strike me as implausible, given what had happened with Broadwater and all I’d learned about the Police Department at the time, not to mention the sheer volume of assailants and assaults back then.
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The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.
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Three goals in the group stages confirmed Ismael Saibari as one of Africa’s most lethal attackers at the World Cup.
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“Bushwhackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhackers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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