ambuscade

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

/ ˈæm bəˌskeɪd, ˌæm bəˈskeɪd /

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noun

an ambush.

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.

Words nearby ambuscade

ambulate, ambulatory, ambulatory care, ambulatory surgery, ambulette, ambuscade, ambuscado, ambush, ambush bug, ambystomid, amc

Origin of ambuscade

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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Examples from the Web for ambuscade

Whenever you hit a trail follow it, but go slow and keep your eyes peeled for an ambuscade.
Ted Strong in Montana|Edward C. Taylor
Murray lodged in the town during the night, and Hamilton posted himself in his ambuscade the next morning, armed with a gun.
Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History|Jacob Abbott
Everywhere society was in ambuscade, and waged civil war--individual against individual--without peace or mercy.
Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period|Paul Lacroix
I laid an ambuscade, with thirty men and three officers, near the road.
The Life of Francis Marion|William Gilmore Simms

So they drew up and sat down before Eargate, and laid their ambuscade for Mr. Resistance within a bow shot of the town.
The Worlds Greatest Books|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

British Dictionary definitions for ambuscade

ambuscade

/ (ˌæmbəˈskeɪd) /

noun

an ambush

verb

to ambush or lie in ambush

Word Origin for ambuscade

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

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ambuscade

noun

verb (used without object), am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing.

verb (used with object), am·bus·cad·ed, am·bus·cad·ing.

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Origin of ambuscade

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British Dictionary definitions for ambuscade

noun

verb

Word Origin for ambuscade