to make an ambush
1ambush — [am′boosh΄] n. [OFr embusche < embuschier: see AMBUSH the vt. vi.] 1. a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack 2. a) the persons in hiding b) their place of hiding 3. the act of so lying in wait to attack …
2ambush — vb *surprise, waylay Analogous words: *attack, assault, assail: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, capture, *catch ambush n Ambush, ambuscade mean a device to entrap an enemy by lying in wait under cover for an opportune moment to make a surprise… …
3Ambush Bug — For the insect, see Phymatinae. Ambush Bug Ambush Bug on the cover of Action Comics #565, along with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (known as the Big Three of DC Comics) …
4Ambush of Geary — Part of the American Revolutionary War …
5ambush — [14] Originally, ambush meant literally ‘put in a bush’ – or more precisely ‘hide in a wood, from where one can make a surprise attack’. The hypothetical Vulgar Latin verb *imboscāre was formed from the prefix in and the noun *boscus ‘bush,… …
6ambush — [14] Originally, ambush meant literally ‘put in a bush’ – or more precisely ‘hide in a wood, from where one can make a surprise attack’. The hypothetical Vulgar Latin verb *imboscāre was formed from the prefix in and the noun *boscus ‘bush,… …
7ambush — n. & v. n. 1 a surprise attack by persons (e.g. troops) in a concealed position. 2 a the concealment of troops etc. to make such an attack. b the place where they are concealed. c the troops etc. concealed. v.tr. 1 attack by means of an ambush. 2 …
8ambush — n. act of hiding in order to make a surprise attack v. hide in order to make a surprise attack …
9Kilmichael Ambush — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Kilmichael Ambush partof=the Irish War of Independence caption=Monument on the roadside at the battle site in Dus a Bharraigh. date=November 28 1920 place=Kilmichael, County Cork casus= territory= result=IRA… …
10Sheemore ambush — The Sheemore Ambush was an incident during the Irish War of Independence, which occurred on March 4, 1921.An Irish Republican Army flying column, no. 1 Column, South Leitrim Brigade of the I.R.A., carried out an ambush on the Black and Tans, at… …
