Ambush

Quick meaning: Ambush is a noun meaning The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.

Meaning

The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.

More Meanings

1. An attack launched from a concealed position.
2. The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
5. (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Example Sentences

Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.

By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d.

the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:

Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.

Word Forms

• ambushes
• ambushing
• ambushed

Synonyms for ambush

Depending on context, synonyms include jump, trap, lurk, ambuscade, scupper, waylay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waylay, ambuscade, lurk, trap, bushwhack, still-hunt.

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