Ambush

  • 21Ambush — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Ambush Produktionsland USA …

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  • 22ambush — ambusher, n. ambushlike, adj. /am boosh/, n. Also, ambushment. 1. an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road. 2. an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed… …

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  • 23ambush — am•bush [[t]ˈæm bʊʃ[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road[/ex] 2) an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position 3) the concealed… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24ambush — 1 noun (C) a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, or the place where this happens: wait/lie in ambush (=wait to ambush someone): Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge. 2 verb (T) to attack someone from a place where you …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25ambush — 1. noun /ˈam.bʊʃ,ˈæm.bʊʃ/ a) The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. b) An attack launched from a concealed position. <! material copied from Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 2. verb… …

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  • 26ambush — 1. noun the soldiers were killed in an ambush Syn: surprise attack, trap; archaic ambuscade 2. verb twenty youths ambushed the patrol car Syn: attack by surprise, surprise, pounce on, fall upon, lay a trap for, set an ambush for, lie in wait for …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27Ambush —    Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4 26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30 45. Comp. Jer. 51:12) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 28ambush — Synonyms and related words: ambuscade, ambushment, assail, assault, astonish, attack, blind, blitz, booby trap, bushwhack, catch off guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, cover, crack down on,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29ambush — [14] Originally, ambush meant literally ‘put in a bush’ – or more precisely ‘hide in a wood, from where one can make a surprise attack’. The hypothetical Vulgar Latin verb *imboscāre was formed from the prefix in and the noun *boscus ‘bush,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30ambush — [ˈæmbʊʃ] verb [T] to attack someone suddenly from a hidden position ambush noun [C/U] …

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