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to attack from ambush

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  • attack from a concealed position — index ambush Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • 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 — n. 1) to lay, set an ambush for 2) to draw smb. into an ambush 3) to lie in ambush (for) 4) to run into an ambush 5) from ambush (to attack from ambush) * * * [ æmbʊʃ] set an ambush for to draw smb. into an ambush to lay to run into an ambush to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • ambush — ambusher, n. ambushlike, adj. /am boosh/, n. Also, ambushment. 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… …   Universalium

  • ambush — am•bush [[t]ˈæm bʊʃ[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road[/ex] 2) an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position 3) the concealed… …   From formal English to slang

  • ambush — /ˈæmbʊʃ / (say amboosh) noun 1. the act of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise. 2. the act of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position. 3. a secret or concealed position from which a surprise attack is made. 4. a person or persons …  

  • attack — attackable, adj. attacker, n. /euh tak /, v.t. 1. to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands. 2. to begin hostilities against; start an… …   Universalium

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …   Wikipedia

  • ambush — I verb assail, assault, attack, attack from a concealed position, bait a trap, catch by perfidy, ensnare, entrap, lay a trap for, lie in wait for, set a trap for, snare, trap, waylay II index accost, decoy, ensnare, trap …   Law dictionary

  • ambush — I. verb Etymology: Middle English embushen, from Anglo French embuscher, from en in (from Latin in) + busche log, firewood Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to station in ambush 2. to attack from an ambush ; waylay intransi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ambush — I UK [ˈæmbʊʃ] / US [ˈæmˌbʊʃ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ambush : singular ambush plural ambushes an attack from a hidden position The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush. a high risk of ambush lie in ambush: The police lay in… …   English dictionary

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