Ambuscade

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  • noun. An ambush.
  • transitive verb. To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A lying in wait and concealment for the purpose of attacking by surprise; an ambush.
  • noun. A secret station in which troops lie concealed with a view to attacking suddenly and by surprise; an ambush.
  • noun. A body of troops lying in ambush.
  • To attack from a concealed position.
  • To lie in ambush: as, “ambuscading ways,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To lie in ambush.
  • noun. A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
  • noun. A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
  • noun. The body of troops lying in ambush.
  • transitive verb. To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
  • transitive verb. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
  • verb. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  • verb. wait in hiding to attack
  • Word Usage
    "Wherefore, then, did he steal in ambuscade into my palace, but to betray either my honor or my life, – perhaps both!"
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    wait  
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    ambush  cosh  dm  pz  sandspit  
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    ambush  waylay  
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