ambuscade

/ˈæmbəˌskeɪd/
noun
  1. An ambush; a surprise attack from a hidden position.
    • The general warned his troops to watch for an ambuscade in the narrow valley.
    • The bandits planned an ambuscade to rob the merchant caravan.
    • The soldiers set up an ambuscade along the forest path.
verb
  1. To attack from a hidden position; to ambush.
    • The hunters ambuscaded the deer near the watering hole.
    • The enemy troops were ambuscaded as they marched through the canyon.
    • The rebels decided to ambuscade the convoy at the river crossing.
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