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| am·bush [ ámbsh ] |
noun (plural am·bush·es) |
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1. surprise attack: an unexpected attack from a concealed position
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2. concealment before attack: concealment before a surprise attack
  They lay in ambush and waited for their victims.
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3. somebody waiting in ambush: one or more people concealed in order to make a surprise attack
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4. place of concealment before attack: a hiding place used in an ambush
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transitive verb (past and past participle am·bushed, present participle am·bush·ing, 3rd person present singular am·bush·es) |
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attack somebody or something: to attack somebody or something suddenly from a concealed position
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| [14th century. Via Old French embusche< assumed Vulgar Latin imboscare "hide in a bush" < assumed boscus "bush"] |
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| am·bush·er noun |
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