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Definition of 'ambuscade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

2. (verb) ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
wait in hiding to attack

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Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) ambuscade
a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush

2. (verb) ambuscade
a place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly

3. (verb) ambuscade
the body of troops lying in ambush

4. (verb) ambuscade
to post or conceal in ambush; to ambush

5. (verb) ambuscade
to lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay

6. (verb) ambuscade
to lie in ambush

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