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to ambush
01
to wait in a concealed location and launch a surprise attack on a target
Transitive: to ambush sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
ambush
3rd person singular
ambushes
Past simple
ambushed
Past participle
ambushed
Examples
The guerrilla fighters planned to ambush the enemy convoy on the narrow mountain pass.
Ambush
01
a surprise attack or trap set by one party against another, typically while the targeted party is unaware or unprepared
Grammatical Information
Examples
The soldiers laid in wait for hours, preparing for the ambush on the enemy convoy.
Lexical Tree
ambusher
ambush
