have ambushed
- present perfect of ambush.
Example Sentences
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The researchers say it would have ambushed its prey from the water's edge, much like crocodiles and caimans do today.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
Critics have been looking for an opportunity to test the opinion of the House and have ambushed the government while Parliament is away on its Whitsun recess.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2021
Afghan rebels claimed to have ambushed and routed a Soviet column in Bamian province northwest of Kabul.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And so, usurping the place of some other who would have ambushed you in real enmity, I came hither on his errand.'
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
Possibly they were unaware of our expedition into the interior, for had they known of this they would certainly have ambushed our party on the march.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)