Ambush
['æmbʊʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
(verb.) wait in hiding to attack.
Edited by Astor--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
(v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
(v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
(v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
(v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
Typed by Jeanette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ambuscade.
Inputed by Deborah
Definition
n. and v. same meanings as Ambuscade.—n. Am′bushment (B.) ambush.
Editor: Stanton
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that your are atacked{sic} from ambush, denotes that you have lurking secretly near you a danger, which will soon set upon and overthrow you if you are heedless of warnings. If you lie in ambush to revenge yourself on others, you will unhesitatingly stoop to debasing actions to defraud your friends.
Typist: Weldon
Examples
- One of the officers now came forward: General, he said, we neither fear the courage, nor arms, the open attack, nor secret ambush of the Moslems. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Another of our parties had been fired on from an ambush and then attacked in the open day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then came the tale of hair-breadth escapes, combats with dogs, ambush and flight, as gipsey-like we encompassed our pot. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Its tactics are like those of the Indian who fights under cover or lies in ambush for his enemy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is modest and retiring, it lies in ambush, waits and waits. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He pressed south into Etruria, and ambushed, surrounded, and completely destroyed a Roman army at Lake Trasimene. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A body of men penetrating it might easily be ambushed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A few months later the Major and thirty soldiers were ambushed near the spot at which the hunting-party had camped, and all were killed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Naomi