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   Am·bush

   /ˈambo͝oSH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position: "seven members of a patrol were killed in an ambush"

   verb

   • 1. make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position: "they were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy"
   • ▪ confront (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly with unwelcome questions: "representatives were ambushed by camera crews"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to bush1.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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