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ambush

/ ambush /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

Type of:

surprise attack coup de main

Kinds of:

dry-gulching

Derived:

scupper bushwhack waylay lurk ambuscade

verb Sense 2

wait in hiding to attack

Type of:

wait

Derived:

ambuscade lying in wait trap lurker skulker

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 3

hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

Type of:

hunt run hunt down

Derived:

ambuscade lying in wait trap ambusher

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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