noun, verb
noun [C,U] the act of hiding and waiting for sb and then making a surprise attack on them:
Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush. * They were lying in ambush, waiting for the aid convoy. * The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
verb [VN] to make a surprise attack on sb/sth from a hidden position:
The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge. * (figurative) She was ambushed by reporters and cameramen.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ambush is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does ambush appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — ambush appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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