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How to pronounce ambuscade in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay
Type of wait
Type Words
Synonyms ambush, lying in wait, trap
Type of coup de main, surprise attack
Has types dry-gulching

Examples of ambuscade

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Ambuscade took part in the Falklands War and by the mid-1980s was suffering from cracking in her hull.
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I'd set up an ambuscade in that canyon,'said Mott.
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During the heat of the contest the 300 men, rising from the ambuscade in the rear, threw the Manxmen into disorder, and compelled them to fly.
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They, as a matter of policy, attack defenseless civilians and employ suicide bombers to kill by ambuscade yet expect to be covered by the Geneva accords.
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More examples
  • Ambush: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
  • Ambush: wait in hiding to attack
  • An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors (the ambushing force) use concealment to attack a passing enemy. Ambushers strike from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops. ...
  • An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy; To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay
  • If two pieces' sum is equal to an enemy piece that is placed between the two, the enemy piece is captured and removed from the board.