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ambuscade

am·bus·cade [ ámbə skàyd ]


noun 
Definition:
 
ambush set: an ambush set for somebody



transitive verb  (past and past participle am·bus·cad·ed, present participle am·bus·cad·ing, 3rd person present singular am·bus·cades)
Definition:
 
ambush somebody: to ambush somebody

[Late 16th century. Via French embuscade and Italian imboscata< assumed Vulgar Latin imboscare (see ambush)]

am·bus·cad·er noun
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