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- Dictionaryambuscade/ˌambʊˈskeɪd/
noun
- 1. an ambush: dated "our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades"
verb
- 1. ambush (someone): archaic "French and his companions were ambuscaded by the Indians"
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noun. am· bus· cade ˈam-bə-ˌskād. ˌam-bə-ˈskād. Synonyms of ambuscade. : ambush. ambuscade verb. ambuscader noun. Did you know? The synonym ambush is older by a century, but English made room for ambuscade in the late 16th century anyway.
An ambuscade is a surprise attack. There's nothing funnier than watching your cat lie in wait behind the couch until your dog wanders over, only to be startled by the cat's ambuscade. While ambuscade is a bit old-fashioned, it's a perfectly good way to say ambush.
Definition of 'ambuscade' ambuscade in British English. (ˌæmbəˈskeɪd ) noun. 1. an ambush. verb. 2. to ambush or lie in ambush. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from French embuscade, from Old Italian imboscata, probably of Germanic origin; compare ambush. Collins. Apps. English Quiz. Confusables.
verb (used without object) , am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing. to lie in ambush. verb (used with object) , am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing. to attack from a concealed position; ambush. ambuscade. / ˌæmbəˈskeɪd / noun. an ambush.
Jun 2, 2024 · ambuscade (plural ambuscades) (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy. The plot of the tragedy at hand was the very old one of the decoy and the. , New York: The New York Review of Books, published.
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. v.t.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush. The body of troops lying in ambush. To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush. (dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
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The earliest known use of the noun ambuscade is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for ambuscade is from 1589, in the writing of A. Wingfield.
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