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Synonyms of ambuscade
(Entry 1 of 2)
- warned by one of their scouts of an Apache ambuscade, the Comanches took a different path through the mountains
Synonyms for ambuscade
- ambush,
- ambushment,
- surprise
- (also surprize),
- trap
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verbSynonyms of ambuscade (Entry 2 of 2)
- marching to the rescue of the beseiged Fort Stanwix, 800 colonial militiamen were ambuscaded by a force of Loyalist troops and their Native American allies
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The first known use of ambuscade was circa 1588
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