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1. : to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay. Our troops ambushed the enemy units. … his caravan that season had been ambushed and shot at twice on the way down … Rudyard Kipling. 2. : to station in ambush (see ambush entry 2 sense 2)
verb [ T ] uk / ˈæm.bʊʃ / us / ˈæm.bʊʃ / to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them: Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road. He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work. Synonym. waylay. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to try to hurt someone using violence.
Synonyms for AMBUSHED: attacked, assaulted, waylaid, surprised, captured, surprized, stormed, ambuscaded, stalked, assailed.
AMBUSHED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of ambush 2. to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting…. Learn more.
AMBUSH definition: 1. to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them: 2. an occasion when a person or…. Learn more.
noun. an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road. an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position. the concealed position itself: They fired from ambush. those who attack suddenly and unexpectedly from a concealed position.
n. 1. A sudden attack made from a concealed position. 2. a. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise: The captain stationed an ambush near the harbor. b. The hiding place used for such an attack: "Uncle Harm had hunted the way Trapper did—on foot, stalking and laying traps, shooting from ambush" (Rick Bass).
