to set an ambush

  • 11Ambush — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Means of concealment. < N PARAG:Ambush >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hiding place hiding place Sgm: N 1 secret place secret place secret drawer Sgm: N 1 recess recess hold holes and corners Sgm: N 1 closet closet …

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  • 12ambush — ambusher, n. ambushlike, adj. /am boosh/, n. Also, ambushment. 1. an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road. 2. an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed… …

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  • 13ambush — am•bush [[t]ˈæm bʊʃ[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road[/ex] 2) an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position 3) the concealed… …

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  • 14Ambush at Corellia — Infobox SW Books name = Ambush at Corellia orig title = translator = author = Roger MacBride Allen cover artist = Drew Struzan editor = country = USA language = English era = New Republic series = galactic year = 19 ABY canon = C subject = Star… …

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  • 15ambush — Synonyms and related words: ambuscade, ambushment, assail, assault, astonish, attack, blind, blitz, booby trap, bushwhack, catch off guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, cover, crack down on,… …

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  • 16set on — Synonyms and related words: abet, aching for, aggravate, agitate, alienate, ambush, arouse, assail, assault, attack, bed on, bent on, blitz, blow the coals, bottom on, build on, bushwhack, come at, come between, come down on, crack down on, crazy …

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  • 17set-up — /ˈsɛt ʌp / (say set up) noun 1. organisation; arrangement; general state of affairs. 2. Surveying a station or point at which a surveying instrument is set up for taking a number of readings. 3. Colloquial contest or undertaking which presents no …

  • 18set up — phr verb Set up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑plan Set up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambush, ↑appointment, ↑archive, ↑assembly, ↑barricade, ↑barrier, ↑base, ↑branch, ↑business, ↑ …

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  • 19set upon — Synonyms and related words: ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, jump, land on,… …

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  • 20Set-up — 1. racket; swindle; 2. trap; ambush …

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