—ambush /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
noun [C or U]
F0 an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed:
» Several passers-by were killed in the ambush.» Fear of ambush prevents the police from going to high-risk areas.Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invadinglie/wait in ambushF0 to hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invadingverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for ambush
► F0 to suddenly attack a person or a group of people after hiding and waiting for them: » Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road.» He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work.Thesaurus+: ↑Attacking and invading- ↑Difficult to understand
- ↑Digestive disorders
- ↑Digging
- ↑Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- ↑Diplomacy and mediation
- ↑Direction of motion
- ↑Dirt and untidiness
- ↑Dirty and untidy
- ↑Disappointing yourself and others
- ↑Disapproving and criticizing
- ↑Discouraging and putting off
- ↑Disease and illness - general words
- ↑Diseases of the reproductive system
- ↑Dishes, bowls, cups and glasses
- ↑Dishonest
- ↑Dishonest people
- ↑Disloyalty, betrayal and treason
- ↑Disobedient
- ↑Disorders and diseases of the heart and blood
- ↑Disorders of muscles and the nervous system
- ↑Disorders of the urinary system
- ↑Distant in space and time
- ↑Ditches, dams and tunnels
- ↑Doctors and health workers generally
- ↑Doing things without fear or proper thought