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      • : to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay Our troops ambushed the enemy units. … his caravan that season had been ambushed and shot at twice on the way down …
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  2. AMBUSH definition: 1. to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them: 2. an occasion when a person or…. Learn more.

  3. An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them. A police officer has been left seriously injured following an ambush. Synonyms: trap , snare , attack , lure More Synonyms of ambush

  4. 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 position. 3. the concealed position itself: They fired from ambush. 4. those who attack suddenly and unexpectedly from a concealed position.

  5. Definitions of 'ambush'. 1. If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. [...] 2. An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them. [...]

  6. an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed: Several passers-by were killed in the ambush. Fear of ambush prevents the police from going to high-risk areas. lie/wait in ambush. to hide and wait for someone in order to attack them: The soldiers lay in ambush, their guns loaded. See more.

  7. Ambush definition: an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise. See examples of AMBUSH used in a sentence.

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