The plot of the tragedy at hand was the very old one of the decoy and the ambuscade […]
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Ambuscade
//ˈæmbəsˌkeɪd//
Synonyms for "ambuscade" (17 found)
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Verb(3 words)
Related words (8)
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21 translations across 9 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- väijytys noun (ambush)
- vaania verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
- väijyä verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
French
2 entries- embuscade noun (ambush)
- embusquer verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
German
2 entries- Hinterhalt noun (ambush)
- auflauern verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
Māori
4 entries- kuratopuni noun (ambush)
- manukāwhaki noun (ambush)
- tautaunga noun (ambush)
- urumaranga noun (ambush)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پوصو noun (ambush)
Portuguese
2 entries- emboscada noun (ambush)
- emboscar verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
Russian
3 entries- заса́да noun (ambush)
- нападать из засады verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
- поджида́ть verb (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
Swedish
1 entries- försåt noun (ambush)
Turkish
1 entries- pusu noun (ambush)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The yellow cat deliberately stretched himself, yawned, and followed; and proceeded to carry out a wonderful scheme of feints and ambuscades in regard to a ping-pong ball which was kept for his proper diversion.
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Accordingly an army was sent into Corea. It met the Japanese before the walls of Pʻing Jang (平壤), where it was annihilated and its commander, Tsu Chʻêng-hsun, (祖承訓), barely escaped with his life. The next Chinese army under the command of Li Ju-sung (李如松), fresh from a successful campaign against a Mongol rebel in Ning Hsia (甯夏), gained a victory over the Japanese in Pʻing Jang; but, elated by this success, the Chinese general allowed himself to be led into an ambuscade near Seoul and overthrown (1593).
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De Metz: An ambuscade! There are Burgundian soldiers everywhere! Hurry west to the river, where we can made^([sic]) our escape!
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