ambuscade
/ˈæmbəˌskeɪd/
noun
- 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.
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verb
- 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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