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Definition of ambush in English: ambushnounˈambʊʃˈæmbʊʃ A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position. seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush mass noun kidnappers waiting in ambush Example sentencesExamples - The occupants fled the car and were shot at the roadside, perhaps by a second group of attackers involved in the ambush.
- Hit-and-run attacks, terrorist acts, raids and ambushes were cleverly combined with high-profile ideological activities.
- He was shot during an ambush and killed because he wasn't wearing his body armor.
- As chief commanding officer of his unit, Donovan led patrol and combat missions, and he recounts the suspense and sheer terror of night ambushes, surprise attacks and man-to-man warfare.
- In the gorge itself, small groups are deployed that use ambushes combined with effective fire delivery.
- They may conduct reconnaissance by visual observation, by probing, by making ambushes, and by raiding tactical command posts, dumps, and other targets.
- Once trainees understand mountainous terrain and its effects on combat, the next step is to conduct small exercises involving patrolling, raids, and ambushes.
- Cities provide ample hiding places for the defender, and such battles often become an endless succession of ambushes for the attacker.
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and terrorist attacks are matched by military operations and policing.
- There have been frequent attacks on livestock too, with crocodiles waiting in ambush near the river bank.
- He could only see one metal wall, so he had no idea of how well it was guarded or if an ambush was waiting for him.
- Insurgents often set up active ambushes to kill the greatest possible number of personnel.
- Successes by these Celtic troops against the Romans were usually gained in surprise attacks, in ambushes, and when overwhelming detached units by sheer numbers.
- On the other hand, the ambush is used throughout operations and is based on surprise.
- Classic tribal warfare emphasizes raids, ambushes and skirmishes - attacks followed by withdrawals, without holding ground.
- But it is precisely the familiarity of the urban terrain to those who live there that enables them to use it to the advantages of ambushes, surprise attacks and rapid redeployment.
- The cats in the paintings are caught in different actions - they play, sleep, attack or lie in ambush.
- The Russian snipers were not prepared to hunt in the ruins and to lie in ambush for days on end.
- In daylight, a lion could starve waiting for a perfect ambush.
- Barracuda and dogtooth tuna are a common sight along these edges just cruising or lying in ambush.
Synonyms surprise attack, trap, snare, pitfall, lure dated ambuscade
verbˈambʊʃˈæmbʊʃ [with object]1Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position. they were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy Example sentencesExamples - I think they might have let me know in advance what they were planning instead of ambushing me, don't you?
- A young Ilkley landlord is recovering from a terrifying ordeal in which he was ambushed by two armed burglars.
- Calida had barely made it to the bottom of the stairs when Esmerelda ambushed her.
- A specialist team ambushed the men, who were in a red estate car, as they prepared to head into Glasgow from Kirkintilloch.
- A woman was ambushed by carjackers who threatened her with a gun and made off with her BMW convertible last week.
- Howard survived, just as he did in January when he was ambushed in a North Side car wash.
- A masked robber, who was wielding a baseball bat, ambushed the first employee as he went outside to the bins.
- It was as he walked across the car park at the front of the sports centre that he was ambushed and assaulted so viciously that he lost consciousness.
- Kirsty revealed how she had spoken to Paul on his mobile phone only moments before he was ambushed.
- While waging a gutsy campaign against liver disease, he was ambushed by stomach cancer and succumbed within a few months.
- Perhaps we have stumbled upon a party intent on ambushing us and raiding our lands.
- The police ambushed the dealer in a bogus arrest, stripped him of cash and drugs then sent him on his way.
- Two Burnley youths who ambushed two men in a motorway under-pass have been sentenced to two years detention.
- The Marines just happened to come upon them an hour after the soldiers were ambushed.
- The prosecution said that Vang ambushed some victims and chased one.
- So while we were in the cart, some of my soldiers ambushed the officers and stole their uniforms.
- The old man followed her into the dark hall, where he was ambushed by several dozen rebels.
- He was ambushed by two men firing shotguns as his cab pulled up outside.
- A man was ambushed and mugged by three men lying in wait as he walked home from a football match.
- They heard how he was ambushed as he drove from Keighley Leisure Centre by two car loads of heavily-armed and masked thugs.
Synonyms attack by surprise, trap, surprise, pounce on, lay a trap for, set an ambush for, lie in wait for, waylay, entrap, ensnare North American bushwhack archaic ambuscade - 1.1 Confront (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly with unwelcome questions.
Tory representatives were ambushed by camera crews Example sentencesExamples - This is to stop prosecutors being "ambushed" by evidence that they have no time to check.
- Sam Newman asked Malthouse directly why Collingwood had ambushed Williams at the tribunal.
- Only at the last minute was he ambushed by the idiotic baying for "tax cuts" we were never going to be able to afford.
- Twenty minutes later, the TV cameramen all but ambushed Camilla and Charles as they emerged from the Guildhall as man and wife.
- Ignoring him while he pouted and deftly avoiding his attempts to ambush her, Elizabeth finished packing things away.
- He traveled the country giving talks and ambushing naive scientists in debates before huge, receptive audiences of churchgoers.
- Mr Blair was first ambushed by dripping Evening Press chief reporter Mike Laycock during his visit to flood-hit York.
- Ministers and MSPs still fear being ambushed by moral majoritarians.
- Although I consider myself informed about women's health, I was ambushed by this news.
- Earlier this month, more than 60 people ambushed the Rural Affairs Minister near Flamborough Head, to question him about why he wants to ban hunting.
- Hewson, who had known nothing of the polling until confronted by O'Brien, was ambushed with it on Lateline.
- Inside South Camden Community School on Thursday night, when student Iain Wilson ambushed him as effectively as Chirac and Schröder had done hours earlier, the prime minister struggled to convince.
- It should have been an exercise in ritual humiliation - especially when he was ambushed on local radio by the brother of the murdered hostage.
- What we need to decide is whether it's okay to ambush people in the workplace.
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy'): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning 'to place in a wood'; related to bush1. Ambush is from Old French embusche, based on late Latin inboscare from ‘in’ and boscus ‘wood’ also source of bush (Middle English) and bosky (late 16th century). It also gave French bouquet ‘clump of trees’, which entered English meaning ‘bunch of flowers’. The use of bouquet for the aroma from wine dates from the mid 19th century.
Definition of ambush in US English: ambushnounˈæmbʊʃˈambo͝oSH A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position. seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush kidnappers waiting in ambush Example sentencesExamples - They may conduct reconnaissance by visual observation, by probing, by making ambushes, and by raiding tactical command posts, dumps, and other targets.
- Successes by these Celtic troops against the Romans were usually gained in surprise attacks, in ambushes, and when overwhelming detached units by sheer numbers.
- Cities provide ample hiding places for the defender, and such battles often become an endless succession of ambushes for the attacker.
- Classic tribal warfare emphasizes raids, ambushes and skirmishes - attacks followed by withdrawals, without holding ground.
- In the gorge itself, small groups are deployed that use ambushes combined with effective fire delivery.
- Insurgents often set up active ambushes to kill the greatest possible number of personnel.
- But it is precisely the familiarity of the urban terrain to those who live there that enables them to use it to the advantages of ambushes, surprise attacks and rapid redeployment.
- On the other hand, the ambush is used throughout operations and is based on surprise.
- In daylight, a lion could starve waiting for a perfect ambush.
- There have been frequent attacks on livestock too, with crocodiles waiting in ambush near the river bank.
- As chief commanding officer of his unit, Donovan led patrol and combat missions, and he recounts the suspense and sheer terror of night ambushes, surprise attacks and man-to-man warfare.
- The cats in the paintings are caught in different actions - they play, sleep, attack or lie in ambush.
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and terrorist attacks are matched by military operations and policing.
- Once trainees understand mountainous terrain and its effects on combat, the next step is to conduct small exercises involving patrolling, raids, and ambushes.
- The occupants fled the car and were shot at the roadside, perhaps by a second group of attackers involved in the ambush.
- Barracuda and dogtooth tuna are a common sight along these edges just cruising or lying in ambush.
- Hit-and-run attacks, terrorist acts, raids and ambushes were cleverly combined with high-profile ideological activities.
- The Russian snipers were not prepared to hunt in the ruins and to lie in ambush for days on end.
- He could only see one metal wall, so he had no idea of how well it was guarded or if an ambush was waiting for him.
- He was shot during an ambush and killed because he wasn't wearing his body armor.
Synonyms surprise attack, trap, snare, pitfall, lure
verbˈæmbʊʃˈambo͝oSH [with object]1Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position. they were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy Example sentencesExamples - A young Ilkley landlord is recovering from a terrifying ordeal in which he was ambushed by two armed burglars.
- Two Burnley youths who ambushed two men in a motorway under-pass have been sentenced to two years detention.
- Kirsty revealed how she had spoken to Paul on his mobile phone only moments before he was ambushed.
- A masked robber, who was wielding a baseball bat, ambushed the first employee as he went outside to the bins.
- I think they might have let me know in advance what they were planning instead of ambushing me, don't you?
- Perhaps we have stumbled upon a party intent on ambushing us and raiding our lands.
- The Marines just happened to come upon them an hour after the soldiers were ambushed.
- While waging a gutsy campaign against liver disease, he was ambushed by stomach cancer and succumbed within a few months.
- A man was ambushed and mugged by three men lying in wait as he walked home from a football match.
- The police ambushed the dealer in a bogus arrest, stripped him of cash and drugs then sent him on his way.
- He was ambushed by two men firing shotguns as his cab pulled up outside.
- The old man followed her into the dark hall, where he was ambushed by several dozen rebels.
- They heard how he was ambushed as he drove from Keighley Leisure Centre by two car loads of heavily-armed and masked thugs.
- A woman was ambushed by carjackers who threatened her with a gun and made off with her BMW convertible last week.
- A specialist team ambushed the men, who were in a red estate car, as they prepared to head into Glasgow from Kirkintilloch.
- Howard survived, just as he did in January when he was ambushed in a North Side car wash.
- The prosecution said that Vang ambushed some victims and chased one.
- It was as he walked across the car park at the front of the sports centre that he was ambushed and assaulted so viciously that he lost consciousness.
- Calida had barely made it to the bottom of the stairs when Esmerelda ambushed her.
- So while we were in the cart, some of my soldiers ambushed the officers and stole their uniforms.
Synonyms attack by surprise, trap, surprise, pounce on, lay a trap for, set an ambush for, lie in wait for, waylay, entrap, ensnare - 1.1 Confront (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly with unwelcome questions.
representatives were ambushed by camera crews Example sentencesExamples - Twenty minutes later, the TV cameramen all but ambushed Camilla and Charles as they emerged from the Guildhall as man and wife.
- Earlier this month, more than 60 people ambushed the Rural Affairs Minister near Flamborough Head, to question him about why he wants to ban hunting.
- Ignoring him while he pouted and deftly avoiding his attempts to ambush her, Elizabeth finished packing things away.
- Inside South Camden Community School on Thursday night, when student Iain Wilson ambushed him as effectively as Chirac and Schröder had done hours earlier, the prime minister struggled to convince.
- Hewson, who had known nothing of the polling until confronted by O'Brien, was ambushed with it on Lateline.
- What we need to decide is whether it's okay to ambush people in the workplace.
- Although I consider myself informed about women's health, I was ambushed by this news.
- Ministers and MSPs still fear being ambushed by moral majoritarians.
- It should have been an exercise in ritual humiliation - especially when he was ambushed on local radio by the brother of the murdered hostage.
- Sam Newman asked Malthouse directly why Collingwood had ambushed Williams at the tribunal.
- This is to stop prosecutors being "ambushed" by evidence that they have no time to check.
- He traveled the country giving talks and ambushing naive scientists in debates before huge, receptive audiences of churchgoers.
- Mr Blair was first ambushed by dripping Evening Press chief reporter Mike Laycock during his visit to flood-hit York.
- Only at the last minute was he ambushed by the idiotic baying for "tax cuts" we were never going to be able to afford.
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to bush. |