Ambush (Verb)
Meaning 1
Wait in hiding to attack.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The soldiers set up to ambush the enemy patrol as they made their way through the jungle.
- The cave dwellers planned to ambush the unsuspecting group of travelers in the narrow canyon pass.
- Guerilla fighters prepared to ambush the military convoy on the rocky mountain road.
- After hours of waiting, the hunters saw their chance to ambush a large buck drinking from the forest stream.
- Rebels set up their positions to ambush the dictator's motorcade along the city's main avenue.
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Meaning 2
Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.