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make an ambush

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  • ambush — [am′boosh΄] n. [OFr embusche < embuschier: see AMBUSH the vt. vi.] 1. a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack 2. a) the persons in hiding b) their place of hiding 3. the act of so lying in wait to attack …   English World dictionary

  • ambush — vb *surprise, waylay Analogous words: *attack, assault, assail: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, capture, *catch ambush n Ambush, ambuscade mean a device to entrap an enemy by lying in wait under cover for an opportune moment to make a surprise… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Ambush Bug — For the insect, see Phymatinae. Ambush Bug Ambush Bug on the cover of Action Comics #565, along with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (known as the Big Three of DC Comics) …   Wikipedia

  • Ambush of Geary — Part of the American Revolutionary War …   Wikipedia

  • ambush — [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

  • ambush — [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,… …   Word origins

  • ambush — n. & v. n. 1 a surprise attack by persons (e.g. troops) in a concealed position. 2 a the concealment of troops etc. to make such an attack. b the place where they are concealed. c the troops etc. concealed. v.tr. 1 attack by means of an ambush. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • ambush — n. act of hiding in order to make a surprise attack v. hide in order to make a surprise attack …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Kilmichael Ambush — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Kilmichael Ambush partof=the Irish War of Independence caption=Monument on the roadside at the battle site in Dus a Bharraigh. date=November 28 1920 place=Kilmichael, County Cork casus= territory= result=IRA… …   Wikipedia

  • Sheemore ambush — The Sheemore Ambush was an incident during the Irish War of Independence, which occurred on March 4, 1921.An Irish Republican Army flying column, no. 1 Column, South Leitrim Brigade of the I.R.A., carried out an ambush on the Black and Tans, at… …   Wikipedia

  • Vaudeville Theater Ambush — The Vaudeville Theater Ambush (March 11th, 1884) was an ambush conducted against lawman and gunman Ben Thompson and his friend, gunman and sometimes lawman King Fisher, carried out by enemies to Thompson. It took place at the Vaudeville Variety… …   Wikipedia

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