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Ambush

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
2
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise wordnet
3
An attack launched from a concealed position.
"Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep."
4
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
"the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:"
5
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
"And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire."

Verb

1
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. transitive
"By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d."
2
wait in hiding to attack wordnet
3
To attack by ambush; to waylay. transitive
"The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack."
4
hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

Etymology 2

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