ambush
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
:
emboscada
- You're going to walk into an ambush otherwise.
- killed in an ambush
- soldiers in an ambush
- ambush predator
You're going to walk into an ambush otherwise.
- You're going to walk into an ambush otherwise.
- Lying in ambush means there's agency there.
- I found myself and my team in that ambush.
- So we have our we have our counter ambush ready.
- So we had, sorry, we had a fortified fighting position in woods and they had to set up an ambush and then assault it.
- In that first report, he actually says the IRA casualties took place earlier during the ambush and makes no mention of a fake surrender.
- So if you was fighting there from an ambush for anti ambush drills.
- I've never opened a video of a beheading of a, of a, of an ambush of it ever.
- From a titanium faceplate to all the different skin grafts, he found himself in a life ambush, right?
Examples
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In Ireland, successful ambushes made a deep impression on the public consciousness and remain the stuff of legend in the Irish countryside.
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Shall I send out a small ambush party?
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You let him walk into an ambush.
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An hour after the ambush, the burnt-out staff car was found by the next patrol.
Fiction book (1994) -
During the Battle of Ganjagal, Dakota defied orders to storm into an ambush of our guys.
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The soldiers planned an ambush to surprise the enemy troops as they passed by.
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During the meeting, she described the ambush set up by the rebels against the military convoy.
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They hid in the bushes, waiting for the perfect moment to execute their ambush.
Synonyms
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2.0
A thing that catches and holds animals or tricks people
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4.9
A sudden attack by police or soldiers on a place
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3.5
A sudden action that begins without warning to catch people not ready
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6.8
A surprise attack carried out to stop an enemy from attacking first
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8.0
Hiding and waiting to attack someone by surprise
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9.9
An attack from hiding in thick bushes or a forest
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9.9
An attack in which someone hides and kills another person by surprise in a lonely place
An act of hiding and then suddenly attacking people
How Stealthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ambush comes from Old French that meant 'in the bush', where bush is the same simple word for a small wood or thick plants, giving the picture of someone hiding in the bushes. So an ambush is a hiding place from which people wait to attack by surprise.