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ambuscade

[ am-buh-skeyd, am-buh-skeyd ]

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.

ambuscade

/ ˌæmbəˈskeɪd /

noun

  1. an ambush
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to ambush or lie in ambush
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • ambus·cader noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambuscade1

1575–85; < Middle French embuscade, alteration (under influence of Old French embuschier; 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- bush 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambuscade1

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

But, thank God, their ambuscade was turned against themselves.

The consul Rutilius Lupus was destroyed with his forces, by an ambuscade, near the river Livis, during the social war.

Harry's heart stood still; was the ambuscade to be discovered at the last minute?

These regiments were moved beyond Burkesville and placed in a position which served all the purposes of an ambuscade.

How was he to risk his vessel in the depth of black night in that inextricable labyrinth, that ambuscade of shoals?

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