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ambush
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Synonyms Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Suspecting an ambush , the two deputies decided to ride up a side canyon taking a short_cut into Catskill . Not a bullet touched Cook who was nearer the ambush , but one hit Russell in the leg and another broke his arm , passing_on through his body . By early summer , he wrote from Laramie that he was suffering from the wound inflicted in the ambush and was in_a_bad_way financially , so Pels sent him a draft for $ 100 , warning that it was still not wise for him to return . Related terms |
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[ verb ] wait in hiding to attack
Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Willings would ambush , certainly ; Willings undoubtedly had . But - hunch , now - Willings would not ambush anything which went on two legs instead of four . |
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[ verb ] hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
Synonyms Used in print (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)He saw them ambushed , strewn in the postures of the broken and the dying . Related terms |
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