Related Words for ambuscade

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ambush
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Noun, Noun
lurk
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Noun, Noun
trap
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Noun, Noun
lie in wait
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
lying in wait
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
reconnoitre
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Verb
stratagem
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Noun
unperceived
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Adjective
besiegers
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Noun
entrenchments
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Noun
intrigue
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Noun
rampart
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Noun
enemy
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Noun
brigands
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Noun
savages
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Noun
squaws
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Noun
skirmishers
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Noun
brushwood
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Noun
accomplice
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Noun
hostiles
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Noun
wait
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Verb
barrage
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Noun
subterfuge
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Noun
escapade
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Noun
encounter
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Noun
alarm
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Noun
escalade
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Noun
capture
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Noun
battle
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Noun
draught
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Noun
coup de main
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Name, Name
foray
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Noun
menace
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Noun
attack
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Noun
incursion
x/x
Noun
sortie
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Noun
attempt
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Noun
raid
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Noun
tactic
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Noun
combat
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Noun
artifice
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Noun
target of opportunity
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Phrase, Noun
advance guard
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Phrase, Noun
insult
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Noun
clash
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Noun
lookout
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Noun
arming
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Noun
stalking
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Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
siege
/
Noun
forlorn hope
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Phrase, Noun
onset
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Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
breakthrough
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Noun
onslaught
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Noun
battle line
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Phrase, Noun
pitched battle
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Phrase, Noun
front
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Noun
offense
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Noun
order of battle
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Phrase, Noun
threat
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Noun
expedition
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Noun
sabotage
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Noun
cabal
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Noun
camouflage
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Noun
shotgun
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Noun
invitation
xx/x
Noun
fearing
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Verb
surprise
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Noun
lured
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Verb
deadly
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Adjective
indians
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Name
scene
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Noun
fell
/
Verb
rushed
/
Verb
posted
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Verb
laid
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Verb
place
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Noun
prepared
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Verb
planned
/
Verb
draw
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Verb
discovered
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Verb
lie
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Verb
formed
/
Verb
killed
/
Verb
arranged
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Verb
caught
/
Verb
men
/
Noun
led
/
Verb
walked
/
Verb
administration
xxx/x
Noun
ago
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
assassin
x/x
Noun, Verb
biggest
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Adjective
blackfeet
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Name
citadel
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Noun
clive
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Name, Verb
cordon
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Noun, Verb
deadlocked
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Adjective
dress
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Noun, Verb
election
x/x
Noun
escort
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Noun, Verb
fated
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Adjective
feint
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
fiftieth
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Adjective, Noun
fledged
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Adjective
fortieth
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Adjective, Noun
hurricane
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Noun, Verb
irruption
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Noun
mutiny
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Noun, Verb
riot
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Noun, Verb
ruse
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Noun, Verb
snare
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
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Noun, Verb
aisle
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
backwater
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Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
get
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Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
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Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective