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Definitions for Ambush

[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] to attack from ambush.
[6] the act of waiting in a concealed position in order to launch a surprise attack
[7] a surprise attack from such a position
[8] the concealed position from which such an attack is launched
[9] the person or persons waiting to launch such an attack
[10] to lie in wait (for)
[11] (tr) to attack suddenly from a concealed position

Words related to Ambush

assault, trap, surround, waylay, deception, camouflage, shelter, concealment, trick, lurking, pitfall, ambuscade, hiding, waiting, hide, decoy, ensnare, lurk, bushwhack, jump

Words nearby Ambush

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Origin of Ambush

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English enbuss(h)en < Middle French embuschier to place men in ambush, literally, to set in the woods, equivalent to em- im-1 + busch- (< Vulgar Latin *busca wood, forest < Germanic *busk- heavy stick) + -ier infinitive suffix; (noun) earlier enbusshe < Middle French embusche, derivative of the v.

Other words from Ambush

am·bush·er , noun
am·bush·like , adjective

Word origin for Ambush

C14: from Old French embuschier to position in ambush, from em- im- + -buschier, from busche piece of firewood, probably of Germanic origin; see bush 1

Synonyms for Ambush

ambuscade, camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick, waiting, waylaying, ambushment, hiding place