AMBUSH
\ˈambʊʃ], \ˈambʊʃ], \ˈa_m_b_ʊ_ʃ]\
Definitions of AMBUSH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
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To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
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To attack by ambush; to waylay.
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To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
By Oddity Software
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The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
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To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
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To attack by ambush; to waylay.
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To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A place where troops lie hidden to attack the enemy unexpectedly; the act of hiding so as to make such an attack.
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To waylay; to station so as to attack by surprise.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To hide, as troops, for attack by surprize.
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The lying concealed to attack by surprize; the hiding-place, or the persons hidden.
By James Champlin Fernald
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