to ambuscade

Examples

• All

• Don't ambuscade your friends during games!

• They ambuscaded the approaching convoy, springing from their hiding places among the rocks.

• Bandits would often ambuscade travelers along the deserted road at night.

• The soldiers ambuscaded their enemies at dawn.

• The soldiers decided to ambuscade their opponents in the dense forest, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

• Before launching their attack, they planned to ambuscade the enemy convoy near the narrow pass.

• The scouts sought a location to ambuscade the enemy forces, ensuring they would not be seen until it was too late.

Synonyms

A

to ambush

vsto ambuscade

133 5.2

To attack a person or animal by hiding and surprising them

is the same action expressed as a different form

S

to surprise

vsto ambuscade

111 4.5

To attack someone suddenly to catch them off guard

stresses hiding and waiting before striking rather than suddenness alone

L

to lie in wait

vsto ambuscade

8 6.8

To hide and wait to attack someone by surprise

focuses on the waiting before the attack rather than the attack itself

B

to bushwhack

vsto ambuscade

• Informal

2 9.0

To attack someone suddenly from a hidden place

is the broader word for surprise attacks from hiding

W

to waylay

vsto ambuscade

2 8.6

To stop someone unexpectedly to speak to or attack them

involves hiding and waiting to attack, not just unexpected approach

Antonyms

R

to reveal

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

E

to expose

146 2.8

Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it

How Stealthy

to lie in wait

8 6.8

to ambuscade

9.9

to waylay

2 8.6

Surface Forms

Etymology