as in ambush
a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait
warned by one of their scouts of an Apache ambuscade, the Comanches took a different path through the mountains
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as in to ambush
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
marching to the rescue of the besieged Fort Stanwix, 800 colonial militiamen were ambuscaded by a force of Loyalist troops and their Native American allies
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Noun
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Fuentes feared a similar ambush.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026 -
However, some pastors, including Louisiana minister Rodney Kennedy, are applauding the protesters' ambush.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is not just an alarming new attack that has caused chaos across the iWorld.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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One of the major ironies out of the Minnesota anti-ICE attack on a Baptist church last week is that former CNN host Don Lemon, one of the participants, is being investigated under the Ku Klux Klan Act.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Ambuscade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambuscade. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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