ambuscade

[ am-buh-skeyd, am-buh-skeyd ]
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noun
  1. an ambush.

verb (used without object),am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing.
  1. to lie in ambush.

verb (used with object),am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing.
  1. to attack from a concealed position; ambush.

Origin of ambuscade

1
1575–85; <Middle French embuscade, alteration (under influence of Old French embuschier;see ambush) of Middle French emboscade<Old Italian imboscata, feminine past participle of imboscare, verbal derivative with in-in-2 of bosco wood, forest <Germanic *bosk-bush1

Other words from ambuscade

  • am·bus·cad·er, noun

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ambuscade

/ (ˌæmbəˈskeɪd) /


noun
  1. an ambush

verb
  1. to ambush or lie in ambush

Origin of ambuscade

1
C16: from French embuscade, from Old Italian imboscata, probably of Germanic origin; compare ambush

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