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ambush English

Meaning ambush meaning

What does ambush mean?
Definitions in simple English

ambush Noun

— An ambush is a surprise attack. It was a clever ambush; they didn't see us coming until it was too late.

ambush Verb

— If you ambush someone, you wait and then attack by surprise. We waited until they were close and then we jumped out and ambushed them.

ambush

— noun (= lying in wait) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise — verb wait in hiding to attack — verb hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

Synonyms ambush synonyms

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ambush English » English

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Topics ambush topics

What do people use ambush to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight Attack

Ambush
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack

Conjugation ambush conjugation

How do you conjugate ambush?

ambush · verb

Examples ambush examples

How do I use ambush in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The squadron encountered an ambush and scrambled for coverage.
It's an ambush!
Tom was killed in an ambush.
It's the perfect place for an ambush.
He was caught in an ambush.
Be careful. It's the perfect place for an ambush.
This is the perfect place for an ambush.

Movie subtitles

But surely you don't think that anyone who has hunted leopards. would follow you into that ambush?
He jumps out of ambush at small parties, but he wouldn't dare to attack us.
They burst on us from ambush.
You, Mikula, have your men lie in ambush.
Ambush?
And wait for me on the trail to ambush me?
When my outfit was wiped out in that ambush, it was these guns that saved my life.
Colonel, it's an ambush.
There may be an ambush. I don't know.
The ambush was their officer's idea.
I'm their bait for a fine ambush- a turkey shoot.
Caught from ambush.
Well, it's a perfect spot for an ambush.
We've got to stop an ambush and keep the lieutenant's men from being cut down.
No use in walking into an ambush.
What about Bill Cody following his nose into a Cheyenne ambush?
Oh, yes, he jumps out of ambush at small parties, but he wouldn't dare to attack us.
From Nombre de Dios to Ventacruz, this strip here. is jungle so thick and dense. that a small force could attack from ambush.
Good. Then we'll have time for some sleep after we set up the ambush.
What's this ambush?
If we run into an ambush, surely his men will mistake you for me.
I'm surprised the bandit hasn't tried to ambush me yet.
Let us ride to La Rochelle and ambush them!
Let us ambush them!
Only 3 came back. Colonel, it's an ambush.
I am not jealous. Well, if you're gonna wait around the lobby and ambush Miss Spencer. - someone is bound to get that impression.
I even thought to lure them into my castle and from the ambush, slaughter 20 or 30, of the naked wretches.
We got no choice. We'll ambush him tonight.
They've led him into an ambush.
I've heard of an ambush with spears but what are you thinking sticking spears up my face in the broad daylight?
It's an ambush!
So we can see anyone approaching the cave and set up an ambush.
Bandits could always ambush the condemned man's cart.
Last night, one of our patrols fell into an ambush.

News and current affairs

Sharon sought natural fighters rather than dutiful soldiers, and he carefully planned each raid, always sending some men well beyond the target of the attack to ambush any reinforcements.
Just a week before the indictment, seven African Union and UN peacekeepers were killed and 22 injured during an ambush by well-armed militiamen.
Their first blow came on the eve of the talks, when the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, carried out an ambush on Israeli settlers in Hebron, killing four people.

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