Ambuscade (Verb)
Meaning
Wait in hiding to attack.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The soldiers lay in wait to ambuscade the enemy in the narrow mountain pass.
- In the dead of night, the rebels moved in to ambuscade the unsuspecting patrol.
- The enemy's best strategy would be to ambuscade our troops as they cross the open field.
- The snipers chose a strategic location to ambuscade the advancing forces.
- A small team of commandos was sent to ambuscade the enemy's supply convoy.