He lay prostrate, ready to ambush the invaders.
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Ambush
Synonyms for "ambush" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
16 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- prit noun (act)
- pritë noun (act)
- sulm noun (attack)
Arabic
3 entries- كَمين noun (act)
- كَمِين noun (attack)
- كَمِين noun (troops)
Armenian
3 entries- հարձակում դարանից noun (attack)
- դարանակալել verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- դարանակալել verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- pusqu noun (act)
- pusqu noun (attack)
- pusqu noun (troops)
- pusmaq verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Belarusian
2 entries- заса́да noun (act)
- заса́да noun (attack)
Bulgarian
4 entries- засада noun (act)
- нападам от засада verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- причаквам verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- устройвам засада verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Catalan
3 entries- emboscada noun (attack)
- emboscar verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- emboscar verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Cebuano
1 entries- banhig verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偷袭 noun (attack)
- 遇袭 noun (attack)
- 伏擊 /伏击 verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- 打埋伏 verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Dutch
1 entries- hinderlaag noun (attack)
Esperanto
1 entries- embusko noun (act)
Finnish
4 entries- tuliylläkkö noun (attack)
- väijytys noun (act)
- väijytysjoukko noun (troops)
- ylläkkö noun (attack)
French
4 entries- embuscade noun (attack)
- embuscade noun (troops)
- embusquer verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- embusquer verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
German
3 entries- Hinterhalt noun (act)
- aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- einen Hinterhalt legen verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Greek
1 entries- ενεδρεύω verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָרַב verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Hungarian
3 entries- csapda noun (act)
- orvtámadás noun (attack)
- lesből támad verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Indonesian
1 entries- sergapan verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Irish
2 entries- luíochán noun (act)
- luíochán noun (attack)
Italian
4 entries- imboscata noun (act)
- imboscata noun (attack)
- agguatare verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- agguatare verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Japanese
2 entries- 不意打ちする verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- 待ち伏せする verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Kazakh
3 entries- торуыл noun (attack)
- тосқауыл noun (attack)
- тосқауыл қою verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Khmer
1 entries- ឡោមព័ទ្ធ verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Korean
1 entries- 매복 noun (act)
Latin
2 entries- aggresiō cum insidiā noun (attack)
- impetō cum insidiā verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Macedonian
1 entries- заседа noun (act)
Malay
2 entries- serangan hendap verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- sergap verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Mongolian
2 entries- отолт noun (act)
- отох verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Māori
4 entries- urumaranga noun (attack)
- haupapa verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- haupapa verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- kauaeroa verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Old English
1 entries- sǣt noun (act)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پوصو noun (act)
- پوصو noun (attack)
Persian
3 entries- کمین noun (act)
- کمین noun (attack)
- کمین noun (troops)
Polish
4 entries- zasadzka noun (attack)
- wciągać w zasadzkę verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- wciągnąć w zasadzkę verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- zaczaić się verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Portuguese
3 entries- emboscada noun (attack)
- emboscar verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
- emboscar verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Romanian
1 entries- ambuscadă noun (attack)
Russian
4 entries- заса́да noun (act)
- заса́да noun (attack)
- заса́да noun (troops)
- напада́ть из заса́ды verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
Spanish
4 entries- calada noun (act)
- emboscada noun (act)
- emboscada noun (attack)
- zalagarda noun (act)
Swedish
1 entries- ligga i bakhåll verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Tagalog
1 entries- abatan verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Tarifit
1 entries- anday noun (attack)
Thai
2 entries- ซุ่มโจมตี verb (to attack by ambush; to waylay)
- ดักรอ verb (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy)
Turkish
2 entries- pusu noun (act)
- pusu noun (attack)
Ukrainian
3 entries- за́сідка noun (attack)
- заса́да noun (attack)
- підсі́дка noun (attack)
Welsh
2 entries- gosod noun (attack)
- rhagod noun (act)
Western Apache
1 entries- yidáh nehedzaa noun (act)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He has a plan to ambush him.
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We've just received intelligence that the enemy is waiting in ambush two miles down the road.
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He met with a tragic death in an ambush.
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