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ambush ['æmbʊʃ](a) (lie in wait for) tendre une embuscade à∎ they were ambushed ils sont tombés dans une embuscade2 nounembuscade f, guet-apens m;∎ to lie in ambush se tenir en embuscade; figurative être à l'affût;∎ to lay or set an ambush for sb tendre une embuscade à qn;∎ troops lying in ambush troupes embusquées;∎ the battalion was caught in an ambush le bataillon est tombé dans un guet-apens
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