ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap
(noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
(verb) wait in hiding to attack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ambuscade (plural ambuscades)
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
ambuscade (third-person singular simple present ambuscades, present participle ambuscading, simple past and past participle ambuscaded)
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Source: Wiktionary
Am`bus*cade", n. Etym: [F. embuscade, fr. It. imboscata, or Sp. emboscada, fr. emboscar to ambush, fr. LL. imboscare. See Ambush, v. t.]
1. A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
2. A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: The body of troops lying in ambush.
Am`bus*cade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ambuscaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambuscading.]
1. To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
2. To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Am`bus*cade", v. i.
Definition: To lie in ambush.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
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