Ambush
11ambush — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ enemy VERB + AMBUSH ▪ lay, prepare, set up ▪ The soldiers set up an …
12ambush — n. 1) to lay, set an ambush for 2) to draw smb. into an ambush 3) to lie in ambush (for) 4) to run into an ambush 5) from ambush (to attack from ambush) * * * [ æmbʊʃ] set an ambush for to draw smb. into an ambush to lay to run into an ambush to… …
13Ambush — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Means of concealment. < N PARAG:Ambush >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hiding place hiding place Sgm: N 1 secret place secret place secret drawer Sgm: N 1 recess recess hold holes and corners Sgm: N 1 closet closet …
14ambush — I UK [ˈæmbʊʃ] / US [ˈæmˌbʊʃ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ambush : singular ambush plural ambushes an attack from a hidden position The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush. a high risk of ambush lie in ambush: The police lay in… …
15ambush — 01. Four American soldiers were injured in Iraq today when their truck was [ambushed] by rebel forces. 02. Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata was [ambushed] and killed by government troops in April of 1919. 03. The children [ambushed]… …
16ambush — am|bush [ˈæmbuʃ] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: embuschier, from en in + busche wood ] a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens ▪ The soldiers were killed …
17ambush — am|bush1 [ æm,buʃ ] noun count or uncount an attack from a hidden position: The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush. a high risk of ambush lie in ambush: The police lay in ambush outside the apartment building. ambush am|bush 2 [ æm,buʃ ]… …
18ambush — {{11}}ambush (n.) late 15c., embushe, from the English verb or from M.Fr. embusche, from O.Fr. embuscher (see AMBUSH (Cf. ambush) (v.)). Earlier was ambushment (late 14c.). Figurative use by 1590s. {{12}}ambush (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. embuscher… …
19ambush — [[t]æ̱mbʊʃ[/t]] ambushes, ambushing, ambushed 1) VERB If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. [V n] The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen. Syn: waylay 2) N VAR An… …
20ambush — I. verb Etymology: Middle English embushen, from Anglo French embuscher, from en in (from Latin in) + busche log, firewood Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to station in ambush 2. to attack from an ambush ; waylay intransi …
