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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bus•cade (am′bə skād′, am′bə skād′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n. - an ambush.
v.i. - to lie in ambush.
v.t. - to attack from a concealed position;
ambush.
- Gmc *bosk- bush1
- Old Italian imboscata, feminine past participle of imboscare, verb, verbal derivative with in- in-2 of bosco wood, forest
- Middle French embuscade, alteration (under influence of Old French embuschier; see ambush) of Middle French emboscade
- 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ambuscade /ˌæmbəˈskeɪd/ n - an ambush
vb - to ambush or lie in ambush
Etymology: 16th Century: from French embuscade, from Old Italian imboscata, probably of Germanic origin; compare ambush |